The William Buckley column on my war activities has revived some of the trauma I left in the war. And so I ended my personal war without any sense of victory but weighed down by the tears that could not flow. My hope was that I could hear the scars of my spirit, more...

I have decided to add interest to the referendum campaign by picking Ex-Pres. [Diosdado] Macapagal as the best strawman and issuing an answer to his charges before the Manila Lions Club under Cesar Lucero on the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] having been...

I have just received this morning the credentials of the first Vietnamese ambassador. We hope to have the Vietnamese foreign minister as a state guest soon. We are moving along in the implementation of the policy of friendship with the Vietnamese. Working on the bases...

Typhoon Unding hit us in Manila at about 4:00 AM but slowed down from 205 kms per hour to 130 kms an hour when it hit the Sierra Madre. And then it veered a little so its eye missed Manila move north and hit Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zamboanga up to Pangasinan. At 5:20...

Interviews— Luncheon meeting with the military bases panel to prepare for the meeting with Amb. [David] Newsom and staff next Wednesday at 10:00 AM. We will emphasize the transfer of the administration of the military bases to a Filipino commander and a definite are...

Ambassador [David] Newsom presented his credentials today at 10:00 AM then met me at 12:00 AM [sic] on a preliminary conversation on the bases and other military agreements. We get some of the of the more urgent military equipment. I attach the list. And a proposal on...

Jose Maria Sison was captured at 2:45 AM today at an Underground House in San Fernando, La Union (south of it near the hospital at the new disco neighborhood). The team leader was Col. Ismael Rodrigo of Batac, I. [Ilocos] Norte under the supervision of C-2 Col....

Some of our own leaders have misgivings about calling an election both for local leaders and the Interim Batasan Pambansa. But I believe it is time to do so. Next year may be economically worse for the world and the Philippines with it. The presidential mandate this...

I am now convinced that the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] and their individual leaders have no intention of honoring the ceasefire nor of agreeing to a mere solution of autonomy in the whole of Mindanao, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi and Palawan. I am also...

Arrival of Imelda at 6:10 PM from the U.S. She has been away since Sept. 25, 1977 on the following missions: To deliver and explain the letter I wrote to Pres. [James] Carter on the military bases and other military problems. It presents a new concept for...