Have just talked to Imelda at Osaka by long distance. They have been royally received and tomorrow is the formal national day of the Philippines.
Loafed all day playing golf, reading and working quietly on the legislative program.
Must work out the final provisions for the budget and the constitutional convention resolution.
Official Gazette for June 21, 1970: President Marcos directed the Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile to immediately investigate reports appearing in a morning newspaper to the effect that some PC men are engaged in racket involving the surrender of fake Huks in order to collect monetary rewards. The President directed Enrile to look into the veracity of the report with a view to prosecuting guilty parties in a court martial.
Earlier in the morning, the President issued the following message in connection with the celebration of Philippine Day at Expo ’70, in Osaka, Japan:
“We have all reason to be proud and jubilant on this special day for our country at the world exposition in Japan. The celebration of Philippine Day at this international fair recounts to us all the lofty and self-won position which our country now holds in the family of nations. The recent years have been specially kind to us, and we have emerged from anonymity to become a people more familiar to the other peoples of the world. Today, we maintain good and strong ties with other nations, not alone in the field of diplomacy, but in trade, in education, and in culture. This occasion offers us the opportunity to strengthen these ties, to elevate our exchange with other lands, and to enhance our place among the nations. I ask you all to join me in wishing our delegation to the exposition every success in the celebration of this day.”
Among other actions, the President proclaimed Wednesday, June 24, this year as a special public holiday in the City of Manila marking the 399th anniversary of the city.
In a message of condolence on the death of former President Sukarno of Indonesia, the President said: “President Sukarno was a leader who will be long remembered as the founder of the Indonesian Republic. It was he who welded Indonesia together in its most difficult years. Recent events have not diminished that role. We mourn the depth of one of Asia’s great leaders.”
The President also sent congratulations to Prime Minister Edward Heath on his election as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.