Have a feeling of malaise. It seems as if the injections of such massive doses still cause some reaction in my system. I feel tired and my muscles seem a little sore. When I wiped my eyes this morning, I had some hemorrhage of the conjunction of the left eye. So I now have a bloodshot left eye.
Had a conference with Gens. [Manuel] Yan, [Romeo] Espino, [Fidel] Ramos and J-2 [Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence], Col. [Ignacio] Paz as well as Gen. [Fabian] Ver at the residence of Gen. Yan in Camp Aguinaldo at about 10:00 AM, late by one hour because last night I could not sleep before Imelda arrived at about 1:00 AM from the Cultural Center and Kimpura with the Shakespeares and the Lindy Locsins; so I awoke at 9:00 AM, then worked on the unfinished papers and the speech of Imelda for “Savings” celebration tonight.
“Individuals like governments must live within their means and save, so they will end up in the poor house.”
“The only kind of borrowing that is justified is borrowing that is for production and is self-paying. Thus when a Green Revolutionist borrows from you P20 to produce P100 then the borrowing is justified. But if he borrows P500 for a TV or to go to the strip at Roxas Boulevard, then this kind of borrowing is unjustified and unpardonable.
“The same thing is true for government. It can borrow money for roads and irrigation systems but it should not borrow for the salaries of its employees.”
I pointed out deficiencies of the contingency plans OPLAN IISMA and OPLAN Enforcer. We enlarged the scope of OPLAN Enforcer, created additional arrest teams for additional targets. We mapped out expected trouble areas, possible counter-reaction and added some more security measures on media, air and water travel and civil government.
Had a press conference at 4:00 PM. Then met Mr. Harrison of the Washington Post at 6:00 PM on Japan-Philippine relationship: My feelings about the Japanese now. I told him about the death of Father in their hands; how our bitterness and hatred turned into plain anxiety about war when the communist rebellion of 1947 and the 50’s showed that Filipinos could be just as vicious, blood-thirsty and cruel as the Japanese even when fighting their own people.
Then we talked of the Phil.-Jap. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation: the alternatives (an executive agreement that it does not affect our territorial waters or fishing nor require the most
No Official Gazette entry for this day.
Marcos said his father Mariano Marcos was executed by the Japanese on March 8, 1945, however another version is that Marcos’ father was executed by guerillas as a collaborator.
favored nation clause implementation, to pave the way to ratification.
Even in the distant future, we could not imagine any Japanese soldiery based on Philippine soil. “We are not against the development of Japanese military strength if the U.S. is around but Japanese soldiers on Philippine soil; that is unthinkable.” This was a query by him “in case Japan in some distant future should take over some of the burdens of the U.S. even in security of the area.
Tonight I worked on some papers (Forest concession appeals; horseracing rules, etc.) and the projects on shipbuilding and car manufacturing).
I hope to go to bed by 10:00 PM.