Just talked to Imelda by long distance. She is in New York. I asked her to Sister Carlota of Sta. Catalina to find out if Imee “for her psychological and academic development” should go back to Sta. Catalina as soon as possible. This was the message from Sister Carlota conveyed by John Sharon during the outing in the Ang Pangulo to Talaga Bay.
He also is the lawyer of Firestone which has a rubber plantation in Mindanao and which has a labor problem pending with the National Conciliation Arbitration Commission.
Imelda is doing a good job of meeting with the decision makers, the Senate, the House members and media as well as investors.
But the U.S. government is again taking us for granted. And giving North Vietnam $2.5 billion in three years. While it gives us a $14 million military aid. They misunderstand martial law in the Philippines.
So we need a more effective mechanism of information. I attach the suggestions of Mr. Sharon.
He even suggests that I meet the POW’s [prisoners of war] (American) coming through Clark from North Vietnam.
I attach his suggestions.
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Official Gazette for January 28, 1973: THE PHILIPPINES is well on the way to attaining a record 6.5 per cent economic growth projected for this year based, among others, on the continuing growth rate in the export of semi-processed products and manufactures. Secretary of Trade and Tourism Troadio T. Quiazon Jr. said before an executive conference of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, that while the country continued to depend on a few primary exports whose world demand remains inelastic, the export growth of semi-processed products and manufactures has been very impressive. Among these products are processed foods, fruits and vegetables, footwear, garments and textiles, furniture, vegetable oils, plywood, glassware and articles made of wood. All of these products are labor-intensive and utilize in abundance domestic raw materials.
ROYAL NEPALESE Government has accepted the nomination of Ambassador Romeo S. Busuego as non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Philippines. Ambassador Busuego who is the Philippine Ambassador to India will hold his new position in a concurrent capacity. This was announced by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
JULIAN FELIPE, composer of the “Philippine National Anthem” was remembered by the nation on the occasion of his 112th birth anniversary. Felipe, music teacher and composer, had joined the fight for freedom during the Revolution and was arrested by Spanish troops. During one of his visits to Cavite after his release, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo requested him to compose a musical score entitled, “Marcha Magdalo,” which later became the “Himno Nacional Filipino.” During the Proclamation of Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12 of the same year, Felipe’s hymn was played in public for the first time. On Sept. 5, 1938, the National Assembly during the American regime passed a law officially adopting the “Himno” as the country’s national anthem.
But we must attend to the Supreme Court first. Tomorrow evening I give them dinner at 8:00 PM.