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...
Marcos Diaries
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...
February 16, 1977
I have postponed the plebiscite in the 13 provinces of Mindanao and Palawan to Mar. 17, 1977. When Amb. Dreiza of Libya cane to see me at the PICC [Philippine International Convention Center] during the sessions of the Batasang Bayan, he left the impression that...
February 15, 1977
The Libyans and the Arabs are a most unreliable lot. Minister Ali Al Treki suggested the plebiscite before the negotiations’ end. Now his assistant Atraz claims the Libyan position is against the plebiscite and asks for postponement to after the negotiations ending...
February 14, 1977
I attach copy of another cable I dictated for Sec. [Carlos] Romulo to send to Sec. Gen. Karim Gaye. I talked to USec. [Carmelo] Barbero and in the conference this morning, they now agree to have our government hold the plebiscite but they will not participate. On the...
February 13, 1977
Sec. Gen. Karim Gaye has sent a cable opposing the holding of a plebiscite. I also attach copy of his call. I also attach our answers pointedly informing him this is an internal matter and that it was agreed upon in the Dec. 23, 1976 agreement as well as on February 9...
February 12, 1977
Interview with Henry Kamm of the New York Times. He seemed more interested in Ex-Sen. [Benigno] Aquino [Jr.] than in other matters. He wants to interview him and print his interview to balance our statement on torture and maltreatment of prisoners. At first...
February 11, 1977
We decided in the joint meeting of the General Military Council, the Cabinet and civilian leaders to hold a plebiscite on the Mindanao or Southern autonomous region on February 21st and an election of the regional assemblies throughout the Philippines in March 21st...
February 10, 1977
I talked to USec. [Carmelo] Barbero by telephone (through to Tripoli) at 8:00 PM tonight. While Nur Misuari says they will not participate in a plebiscite, Minister Ali Al Treki has agreed that a plebiscite should be called as agreed upon before in December 1976. So I...