I write this while waiting for the family from Visita Iglesia which I could not attend [for] security reasons. Talked to Moon Park of Phil-Asia on the possibility of his extending financing for the establishment of Trading Centers for tobacco in the north, grading the...
Marcos Diaries
March 25, 1970
There was a fourth retreat master and she was not a priest. She was Imelda who was so enthused about the retreat, she talked intermittently about the subject of the meditation in the retreat. Last night we had a second joint retreat with our retreat masters talking to...
March 24, 1970
Third day of retreat Tuesday The meditations have been inspirational. “The Lord went into the darkness of the forest for his own test” was the theme of meditation this morning at 7:30 AM. I exercised and jogged inside the room for ten minutes (jogging); all in all...
March 23, 1970
Free Time to 12:00 AM. Father [Jose] Cruz, our retreat master, says our Christian commitment is to humanize our society. I have been saying this for a long time. It is both a Christian ideal and a pragmatic requirement of peace and development. For if society is not...
March 22, 1970
This is actually being written at 8:30 AM March 23 at the Mirador Retreat House. I could not write it last night as my papers including my diary had been left behind at The Mansion when we checked into the retreat house. With me in retreat are Ramon Cojuangco, Daniel...
March 21, 1970
Met with the publishers of Manila dailies who also run the TV and Radio stations for breakfast from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. This included Chino [Joaquin] Roces of Manila Times. He seemed conciliatory although he pointedly asked if I was not pressurizing the press because...
March 20, 1970
The Metrocom [Metropolitan Command] and Intelligence under the guidance of Sec. [Juan] Ponce Enrile caught eight Huks with one M-16 Armalite, 2 carbines, two .38 revolvers, two grenades at Navotas, Rizal. Three were on a mission to assassinate me. The House has just...
March 19, 1970
The operation in Bulacan bagged ten Huks in Bulacan. One of them knows the tunnels in Hacienda Luisita and he is going to point them out in a search which will immediately follow. This will involve Ninoy [Benigno] Aquino [Jr.]. The export tax bill is on second reading...
March 18, 1970
Today is supposed to be the day where [when] we will be able to capture some leaders of the Ma-Mao’s. No report as yet. Col. [Fabian] Ver reports that our asset in the [Eleuterio] Terry Adevoso plot says the plan for a revolution has been changed to a plan to...
March 17, 1970
The Poverty March has turned out to be a dud. At 7:00 PM there were only 700 in Plaza Moriones. The people are beginning to ignore them. I met with the Congressional leaders and the exporters with my technical men. We agreed on a 10% export tax across the board...