The second round of negotiations in Tripoli have been recessed by mutual agreement in a pleasant mood, so USec. [Carmelo] Barbero reports. Resumption to be set by us—the two Presidents. No Official Gazette entry for this day.
Marcos Diaries
March 1, 1977
Amb. Carlos Valdez has called to transmit the message of USec. [Carmelo] Barbero that Col. [Muammar] Ghaddafi is not yet in Tripoli and so has not received my last cable. Because Fidel Castro is arriving tomorrow and everybody is irritable and edgy, he feels he should...
February 28, 1977
The Security Council has issued instructions to USec. [Carmelo] Barbero at my instance. And I have answered Col. [Muammar] Ghaddafi asking that I talk to him by telephone on the matter of the noninclusion of Pulawan, Cotabato Sur and Davao [del] Sur being gaps which...
February 27, 1977
I have just received the answer of President [Muammar] Ghaddafi to my letter of Feb. 19, 1977 and it confirms the existence of a crisis in the second round of negotiations in Tripoli. For he stated that if the three unified autonomous region, these would be considered...
February 23, 1977
I met two groups of Human Rights vigilantes today. The first were the bishops of the Catholic Church and the two representatives of the International Commission Jurists, Prof. John Humphrey and Mr. William Butler. The meeting with the bishops was very demeaning to the...
February 22, 1977
We sent additional instructions to USec. [Carmelo] Barbero from the Security Council that met yesterday noon: Reject the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] proposals as an offense to the honor and integrity of the Republic of the Philippines. Question the manner of...
February 21, 1977
Met the Executive Committee of the Security Council which received the report of Amb. Castro as well as the latest cable of Minister Ali Abdussalam Treki to me threatening termination of the negotiations because of the call to a plebiscite. Imelda and I sent letters...
February 20, 1977
Message by the telephone from USec. [Carmelo] Barbero through Amb. Carlos Valdez in Rome— That their meetings started at 6:00 PM and after 1½ hours Minister Ali Al Treki came down to preside and said he was more optimistic because he had talked to Pres. Marcos and he...
February 18, 1977
I received the following message from Amb. Carlos Valdez in Rome by telephone. USec. [Carmelo] Barbero says: Not to worry about the proposals of MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] because since then the situation has improved. In the conference yesterday, he...
February 17, 1977
USec. [Carmelo] Barbero called up at 5:20 AM to tell me that he had talked to Minister Ali Al Treki who now insists he is against the plebiscite as there is martial law. USec. Barbero has shocked him with the statement that it was he (Ali Al Treki) who originally...