Written at the new
Big Cabana referred to as
Ulot Intercon
We left Manila at 2:00 PM. The matters for June 17th are included in pp. 2139 to 2142. [i.e. second half of June 16, 1972 entry]
Exercised rather heavily with my dumb-bells and jogged in place in my study on board.
The circular turn on the hip clockwise and counter clockwise made dizzy.
Slept late—3:00 AM waiting for Imelda.
Official Gazette for June 17, 1972: THE PRESIDENT devoted the whole morning disposing of urgent, official papers preparatory to leaving for the South to assess the peace and order situation in the region.
Because of the pressure of desk work, the President was not able to fulfill two speaking engagements. He sent Defense Undersecretary Manuel Salientes to deliver his message for the 27th Annual Convention of the Philippine Veterans Legion, held at the GSIS Social Hall; and Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor to the graduation exercises of the Narcotics Course. conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs at Fort Bonifacio.
Among the papers that issued from his desk was a proclamation declaring June 19 a special public holiday in Laguna and San Pablo City. The day marks the 112th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal.
At 2 p.m., the President, together with the First Lady, Imelda R. Marcos, motored to Pier 15 at the South Harbor where he boarded the RPS Ang Pangulo for the trip to the Visayas and Mindanao.
Before sailing, however, the President wrote a letter to Senate President Gil J. Puyat on the funding of the Constitutional Convention beyond June 30.
In his letter the President pointed to the necessity of approving a special appropriation act, which has been passed by the House of Representatives, and pending in the Senate, to enable the Convention to function beyond June 30.