[p.50] The President must do almost everything in the government. Nothing moves unless he pushes. So I had to meet the student demonstrators themselves. Their speeches were getting obscene and lewd. I told them that I was sad that they could not deliver more PCGG...
Marcos Diaries
January 24, 1970
[p.49] I have just directed the retirement of Gen. [Vicente] Raval and all the extended generals effective Feb. 1st and April 1st. I will retain Gen. [Manuel] Yan as Chief of Staff only because there is no one who is qualified to take his place. I will put Gen. Eddie...
January 23, 1970
[p.47] I have just talked to [Jose] Joe Maristela who is our informer in the [Eleuterio] Adevoso group planning a coup d’etat. He feels the plan, though fantastic, is serious. Their next meeting is at his house in Antipolo next Wednesday. And the political group...
January 22, 1970
[p.45] I have been able to settle the Senate Presidency at 3:30 PM. [Gil] Puyat remains and [Jose] Roy becomes Executive Vice President of the Nacionalista Party as well as President Pro Tempore. [Arturo] Tolentino remains as majority floor leader. We have organized...
January 21, 1970
[p.43] Have met (at 11:00 AM up to lunch and 1:30 PM) with Dr. Zarhkar of the IMF and Gov. [Gregorio] Licaros and have convinced him that instead of a 25% devaluation, a floating rate would be better to be set about the later part of February. But 75% of the export...
January 20, 1970
[p.41] I still write this in Veterans Memorial Hosp. at 8:00 AM. Meldy is coming home to the Palace at noon before lunch. We have stopped the regular stipends to the columnists and newspapermen. This was started by Pres. [Ramon] Magsaysay in 1954. But we have to stop...
January 19, 1970
[p.39] Imelda is strong enough to play host to her crowd nightly. We have just eaten Chinese lugao and lumpia brought in by Joe and Betty Campos. I liked most the bajo or powdered beef tapa and the seaweed for the lumpia. It is now 11:00 PM. Last night we went to bed...
January 18, 1970
[p.37] The IMF consultative committee headed by Mr. Zavakar will recommend devaluation. We cannot accept this. [Sergio] Osmeña [Jr.] filed a protest against me in the Presidential Electoral Commission yesterday. This will give us a chance to reveal what the Liberals...
January 17, 1970
[p.35] Manila Times and even the Bulletin are trying to promote a fight between me and the media. Manila Times headlines the Nolan resignation, actually editorializing in that story. Then, yesterday, the Bulletin carried the front page story of me keeping on with...
January 16, 1970
[p.33] Meldy’s cyst in the right breast has been removed and found benign—as the report says the mass is a fibrocystic disease. When Inday (Dr. Paciencia Disini) brought out the specimen, I was shocked at the size. It was about three inches by eight inches and a...