Told Sec. Juan Ponce Enrile at breakfast we should now implement the following plans: Sow dissension in the ranks of the Huks by: a. Revealing the letters of Dante [Bernabe Buscayno] and Sumulong [Faustino del Mundo] against each other and the acts of one band against...
Marcos Diaries
April 14, 1970
Wood Industries Chamber Induction—Requested them to help obtain the data of actual trees replanted and trees cut and to set up an amelioration fund like that of the sugar industry. Basa Shoes asking for loans because of the fire. Mayor, VM [Vice Mayor] and Councilors...
April 13, 1970
8:00 AM—Reorganizing by integrating the Intelligence of the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines]. Signed the order I dictated two months ago. 9:00 AM—Resumé of the situation in the Philippines, pp. 158-164 of this diary. 9:30 AM—Reassessment of the economic...
April 12, 1970
An earthquake of Intensity V has forced us to transfer quarters temporarily to [Bahay] Pangarap, our one strong clubhouse or resthouse at the Malacañang Park at the other side of the Pasig [River]. Papers in possession of the Romualdezes indicate that Malacañang Park...
April 11, 1970
Have just finished the state dinner for the One Asia Assembly delegates. Pleasant evening. Spoke before them this morning on the New Directions for Asia; that “unless by One Asia we mean a Communist Asia, exported war is a reality. And for some time to come, exported...
April 10, 1970
Have just met with Minister Adam Malik of Indonesia after the state dinner for U[N] Sec. Gen. U Thant. Foreign Minister [Sinnathamby] Rajaratman of Singapore also here. Warned him of [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] and his partner Larry Truckman who has a lurid past of gun...
April 9, 1970
Just played golf with Bobby [Roberto Benedicto] and massage. Then a briefing by Col. [Fabian] Ver on the [Eleuterio] Adevoso plot on a coup d’etat. All team leaders for the kidnapping or assassination of [Ernesto] Maceda, [Vicente] Raval, [Roque] Ablan [Jr.], [Floro]...
April 8, 1970
Official Gazette for April 8, 1970: PRESIDENT MARCOS arrived early in the afternoon after five days in the provinces, where he conferred with officials and assessed for himself conditions there. His focus Was Mindanao, where he officiated at public functions,...
April 7, 1970
I write this also at 11:30 PM at Dole Phil. in [Geronimo] Ronnie Velasco’s cottage. Lazy day. Woke up at 9:00 AM. Golf at 10:00 to 12:00 AM. Lunch at 12:45 and then we heard the news of the earthquake. Intensity 7 at Manila, 5 in Laoag and Legaspi, 4 at Calapan and 3...
April 6, 1970
Am writing this at 11:20 PM, April 7th, as we have been rather busy. Overnight from Surigao, Surigao which we left at about 8:00 PM to arrive at Cagayan de Oro at about 8:00 AM on the 6th. Inaugurated the only two-kilometer cemented airfield in Mindanao. Laoag is not...