Typhoon Narsing with 130 kms. per hour near the center threatens Manila. By 2:00 AM it will be 30 kms. east of Manila. Bobby Fischer, the nemesis of [Boris] Spassky and chess world champion is here. He stays at the Hyatt and will open with me the International Chess...
Marcos Diaries
October 13 and 14, 1973
Prime Minister [Thanom] Kittikachorn and his cabinet resigned at 1800 hours today Oct. 14th due to pressure of demonstrating students. The King appointed Dr. Sanya Thammasadki [Dharmasakti], rector of Thammasat University to take his place. But Prime Minister...
October 12, 1973
The second typhoon “Miling” with more than 2000 kms. per hour wind velocity at the center missed us again and weakened to a 50 kms. per hour hitting only Calayaan and other islands north of Luzon. I hope our luck holds and no typhoons hit us. I gave an amnesty to the...
October 11, 1973
Everything is happening today. Imelda broke ground for the National Art Center at Mt. Makiling this morning at 10:00 AM. Vice Pres. Spiro Agnew has resigned as Vice President in disgrace bargaining his office and honor for clemency and a light sentence in a criminal...
October 10, 1973
I have never worked as rigorously, specially mentally, as I am now. But I have never felt as fulfilled as I am now. All that I have dreamt of, I am doing—and accomplishing. I dreamt of writing out the plan for a new nation, and this I have done. Official Gazette for...
October 4-9, 1973
Official Gazette for October 4, 1973: THE PRESIDENT received the letter of credence of Ambassador Milton Telles Ribeiro as the new ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Philippines. In presenting his credentials to...
October 3, 1973
Have continued to work on “The Constitution and Martial Law.” The project for the establishment of larger scale cattle farms or ranches has started with the arrival of Frank Yturria a week ago, and last Saturday, Peter Morris and Neil Anderson, the latter an expert on...
October 2, 1973
______ speech. ______ Bd. Of Directors of Castle and Cook, headed by Malcolm McNaughton of ______ Fruits and Rony Velasco’s house. ______ priest (Jalandoni) and nun ______ six others apprehended. ______attempt to scandalize the ______ Abat, Amor Ver—and ______. ______...
October 1, 1973
I have started to reprogram my daily schedules. Too many courtesy calls and routinary visits. So I have asked Sec. Vicente Paterno to take over some of the load on papers on industrial development. I will have him set up office here in Malacañang. Then after a while...
September 30, 1973
The failure of [Salvador] Allende in Chile has been interpreted as a failure of socialism. The French political philosopher Raymond Aren puts it, “Allende may have had the legal capacity to install socialism but he did not have the ‘political capacity.’” Prof. Harold...