Written at 10:00 PM
Jan. 6, 1972 as I
was up to 3:00 AM this
morning working on
pending papers—
Although Imelda was still sleepy from the anasthesia [sic] of the operation we left the Veterans Memorial Hospital for Malacañan.
Received the credentials of Amb. Pauwi of Bangladesh at 11:00 AM.
Before that I met the Sec. of Trade, Ting [Vicente] Paterno, Gov. [Gregorio] Licaros, Sec. of Agri. And Sec. [Alejandro] Melchor [Jr.] on the schedule and briefing of Sen. [Daniel] Inouye and others, the AID [Agency for International Development] program, the cement authority studies etc.
After the ceremonies for Amb. Pauwi, I worked on the problems of land tenure, exports, investments etc.
Secs. [Arturo] Tanco [Jr.] and [Conrado] Estrella [Sr.] signed the swap of the Cojuangco haciendas with virgin public land ln Palawan.
No Official Gazette entry for this day.