[p.27] Awarded the Rizal Pro Patria to Don Vicente Madrigal.
Saw [Eugenio] Iñing Lopez [Sr.] in the Meralco Hospital. Had lunch with him. Had sas[h]imi and temp[u]ra as well as mizuno [Missono grilled beef] and Japanese melon. He is disgustingly healthy.
Worked the whole afternoon on counter-insurgency, the emergency plan and the Barrio Home Defense Force.
A new confirmed report of a plot to assassinate both me and the Vice President has just been reported by Boni [Ysip] and confirmed by [Jose] Joe Maristela. The military group is headed by [Eleuterio] Terry Adevoso—the political group is still being checked.
Apparently the plans of the Liberals parallel those of the communists. They will await the results of my efforts to improve the economic situation then if I fail, they will take advantage of this by assassination.
Well, we must not fail!!
And I must check the participation of Pres. [Gil] Puyat of the Senate and Speaker [Jose B.] Laurel of the House.
Ralph Nubla reported tonight that Congressman [Jose] Yap of Tarlac, right hand man of Sen. Ninoy [Benigno] Aquino [Jr.], has said that they will give me six months—then they will strike. We must clarify all these plans.
[p.28] Imelda has a mass in the right breast and worries us because the doctors say that while there has been no change, an operation to remove it and to find out if it is malignant may be necessary.
I am suffering from pain in the right groin after golf. I hope it is not hernia. I need the doctor tomorrow.
And we were on a project to have another baby, a boy if possible. Massive injections of hormones for Imelda is necessary if we are to have a baby and this is not good for her growth in the breast which might develop into something serious with these hormones.
MALACAÑANG