Imelda has arrived. Malacañang was a haunted lonely place without the family.
She arrived at 7:30 PM. Went to meet her in black tie and white dinner jacket then to the Cultural Center for Fiddler on the Roof. And it was a revelation. As the children who saw it for the third time insisted, it was a play by amateurs with the professional touch. And this was the unanimous opinion of the audience which packed the Center for the 4th time.
Am now ready for Cambodia with the Foreign Policy Council. The Executive Committee of the National Security Council submitted their report.
Imelda passed by Bacolod. Talked to her by phone patch about 7:00 PM last night and it takes 22 hours by the 777 from Bacolod to Manila.
Discovered about the command appearance of Fiddler on the Roof only at noon after talking to Imelda at 1:30 PM. So I asked her to hurry home and to join me to the Center.
Official Gazette for May 10, 1970: President Marcos ordered the immediate relief of a watchdog team on log exports found guilty of extortion activities while on official assignment in Mindanao.
Ordered relieved on recommendation of Lt. Gen. Pelagio Cruz (retired), chairman of the Anti-Smuggling Action Center (ASAC), were Conrado Unlayao of the Bureau of Customs and Antonio Lizardo of the Bureau of Forestry, team leader and member, respectively, of a composite team operating in Davao. The team was specifically assigned in the Davao area to prevent dollar hoarding through undervaluation of log exports.
In another move, the President laid down the policy favoring the carrying of firearms. At the same time, the president ordered Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile to effect a simplified program for the registration of all firearms in the country. The President issued this directive following his recent trip to Mindanao where he received numerous complaints concerning the difficulties encountered by possessors of firearms who wanted to register the same. While this machinery is still under preparation, the President authorized owners or assignees of motor vehicles used for personal or official business, to carry firearms while travelling in their respective motor vehicles. This authority applies to those with permits to possess firearms, “but without specific permits to carry the same outside of residence.” The new order in effect makes a person’s motor vehicle an extension of his residence.