Tuesday We have sold 500,000 tons of sugar to the Russians at 7.75 cents a pound and .75 cents to be made good by the brokers Barzano and Farman to make it 8.5 cents a pound. Now the spot price is gaining. Bobby [Roberto] Benedicto worked this out. And Bobby is in...
Marcos Diaries
January 9, 1977
Sunday The question has been asked, “Why have you suddenly changed your position on the bases from negotiations to possible renunciation?” Wideman of Washington Post of course, claiming diplomatic circles as his source, alleges this is just my way of increasing the...
January 7, 1977
Friday Tonight I have committed Philippines to the positions: (DFA [Department of Foreign Affairs] and DND [Department of National Defense] were not informed of this speech nor of the new approach because they may have tried to modify it.) Our sovereignly is not for...
January 8, 1977
Saturday From my point of view America is losing its credibility. The repeated violation of its written commitments has turned it into an untrustworthy ally. As I look deeper into our relations with the United States, I am shocked by the almost casual disregard of...
January 5, 1977
Wednesday Trip to [Dakal nga Darum?] and the [Nuri?] Development project for depressed communities starting with Suba, Paoay, Ilocos Norte.
January 6, 1977
Thursday Cool bracing morning. Calm lake. Skiing. Pleasant flight back to Manila. Tribute to women more specifically Imelda, “the only woman I have known,” upon arrival at the PICC Kababaihan Kabalikat sa Kaunlaran (11:20 AM). About 1:15 PM at luncheon-conference with...
January 3, 1977
If we leave the bases negotiations to the military or the Dept. of Foreign Affairs which have neither imagination nor ingenuity, we will not get anywhere. The negotiations will bog down on details. So we must inject new elements. We showed interest American...
December 30, 1976
Rizal Day celebration. More and more I find it difficult to admire [Jose] Rizal the intellectual who compromised and whined and begged to be the hero I can worship. Specially since he was chosen and built up by an American, Gov. Gen. Howard Taft. As I wrote in the...
December 29, 1976
Cabinet, Security Council, Neda [National Economic Development Authority], General Staff and Military Council Meeting on the agreement to settle the Mindanao conflict peacefully. Tanggapan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas (OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES)
December 28, 1976
Lunch conference with the governors and mayors of the 13 provinces affected by the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] agreement with Sec. [Jose] Roño and Sol. Gen Estellito Mendoza. Some problems have come up. If the plebiscite is all over the 13 provinces, all of...