[p.5] Some people asked me why I have given away my earthly possessions. I invariably answered that I did not need them but that the people did. But I have been asking myself why has the world become so vile, so materialistic, so dirty. All is pragmatism, selfish and...
Marcos Diaries
January 4, 1970
[p.8] Ex-President [Diosdado] Macapagal, who is visiting in Singapore, says that he is shocked by the news that there is supposed to be a secret agreement for the Sabah claim to be relinquished by the Philippines after the resumption of the diplomatic relations. There...
January 1, 1970
I start a daily written record of my second term in office as President. This will be kept in loose-leaf so that all kinds of materials may be attached to the binder. Thus the background should be a treatise on the elections of 1969. This will be composed of my...
January 2, 1970
[p.3[ Mrs. Agnew left this morning to join VP Agnew at Taipeh. Meldy had breakfast with her—7:30—she was not awake so she (Meldy) waited for 8:30 AM. Last Dec. 29, 1969 when I was playing golf, two sausage twin-rotor engine Navy (US) helicopters for VP [Spiro] Agnew...
December 31, 1969
I have today given away by general instrument of transfer all my worldly possessions to the Filipino people through a foundation to be organized known as the Marcos Foundation. Moved by the strongest desire and the purest will to set the example of self-denial and...
July 4, 1969
On board 777 THE PRESIDENT at 9:00 PM I am about to take dinner in the dining saloon in this 2,400-ton Presidential yacht which is a carry over [sic] from the administration of President Garcia from 1957 to 1961. It was ordered from reparations at an alleged cost of...
July 6, 1969
We are now proceeding towards Cagayan de Oro City which should be reached by five o’clock following morning. We may be able to proceed from there to Malaybalay, Bukidnon which I have not visited for sometime since I became President. Incidentally, Cagayan de Oro City...
Undated Notes April 1976
Office of the President of the Philippines Manila No matter what anyone says, what we have done—to announce our desire to take over the bases has antagonized the Americans. Cong. [Donald] Fraser’s statements on the alleged absence of civil rights as well as that there...
Undated Notes April 1973
Office of the President of the Philippines Manila Coded To Ambassador [Modesto] Farolan Djakarta Indonesia For the Philippines to accept the proposal to drop the claim to Sabah after illegal attacks on Philippine territory by Malaysian-trained soldiers with Malaysian...
Undated Notes February 1973.
Office of the President of the Philippines Manila The new strong point in the coastline is Kulongkulong at Palimbang. They are well entrenched. The only thing they fear are bombs from the planes. Alip, Columbio has 1,000 rebels. The following is a series of undated...