Just came from the Ja[i]me Zobel home in Harvard St., Forbes Park where we took dinner after the concert of Gary Graffman, top American concert pianist of his age level at the Cultural Center. Busy attending to appointments from 10:00 AM when I woke up after going...
Marcos Diaries
June 9, 1970
Woke up late for interview with Honolulu Star Bulletin. Met the National Youth Congress and gave them a ship to go to Corregidor on Saturday. Then meeting with VP [Fernando] Lopez, USec. [Isosceles] Pascual, Dir. [Fernando] Busuego [Jr.] and Dir. [Jose] Viado on oil...
June 8, 1970
The children are now in Hongkong. While I was out to confer with Sen. [Dominador] Aytona and Rep. [Jose] Alberto on the conference committee report on the budget they called up their mother. They have gone to Aberdeen to take dinner. Bongbong has bought a sweater, a...
June 7, 1970
Warm and almost unbearable in the golf course at Aguinaldo. Must have been 110 degrees under the sun at one o’clock. But the temperature went down with the sun. No Official Gazette entry for this day. No Official Gazette entry for this day. Have just come from a...
June 6, 1970
Worked out the PC [Philippine Constabulary]-Police coordination plans in the State Dining Room. A local policeman should always be with the PC men but the provision that in case of an emergency or when there is lack of time then the President (that’s me) can order the...
June 5, 1970
Finished the plans for the compromise version on the budget and other legislation. The Constitutional Convention Bill has to be included in the next special session. [Jose] Joe Maristela says there is a reassessment of the plans to revolt by [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] and...
June 4, 1970
Just arrived from a conference for the organization of men to counter-demonstrate against any of the students in the U.P. [University of the Philippines]. This is the Quezon City group. Before that attended the Don Bosco Training School for boys in B[arri]o ...
June 3, 1970
The Senate Finance Committee headed by Sen. [Dominador] Aytona accepted all the amendments to the budget to cut short the discussion with the agreement that the differences will be hammered out in the conference committee. So I met with Sen. Aytona and House Chairman...
June 2, 1970
[Felipe] Baby Ysmael is apparently transferring to Australia. He is selling his steel company. The property is valued according to him at P75 million (without the buildings and machinery) and the indebtedness is P70 million. None of his investments have been...
June 1, 1970
9:30 AM—Visit of his Royal Highness the ruler of Negeri Sembilan and his Consort (of Malaysia, the LBJ Kampon is in his state). We will export 100,000 tons of sugar more than our basic quota of 1,126,000 tons as our new mills (7 now producing and five now building)...