Birthday gift of the cabinet [to the First Lady] was [were] the four Task Forces to Bulacan, Bicol, Sapang Palay and Carmona of relief goods.
Imelda accompanied the trucks to Valenzuela, Bocaue, Bigaa, Guiguinto, Marilao, Malolos, Plaridel, Baliwag and San Rafael where we took lunch at about 3:00 PM.
She and I rode with the other ladies in the air-conditioned bus of [Sarkies] which took the people we passed by surprise. They gaped in amazement when they discovered we were in the bus and not in the cars. They would shriek stridently and point in excitement.
Warm reception everywhere.
The mayor would welcome us and she would explain that she wanted to share his [her] birthday with the people and had brought the relief goods for them.
Applause everywhere. I am sure this is going to be interpreted as political campaigning.
Came back ahead by car at 3:40. Arrived at 5:05 PM. Slept all the way.
Official Gazette for July 1, 1972: THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady spent almost the whole day in Bulacan distributing truckloads of relief goods in 16 towns which were badly hit by typhoon Konsing.
The President accompanied the First Lady to be able to get a first hand knowledge of the extent of the typhoon damage.
The relief goods were presented as a birthday gift to the First Lady by members of the Cabinet, Undersecretaries, bureau directors and friends of Mrs. Marcos for distribution to victims of the typhoon.
The relief goods consist of GI sheets, construction materials, food, clothing and medicines. They were loaded in 31 trucks, some of which spread out to Sapang Palay, Carmona, and Camarines Sur, which were among the areas badly hit by the typhoon.
The President and the First Lady were back in Malacañang late in the afternoon.
The President spent the early evening disposing of urgent state papers.