Dinner for President Takeshi Watanabe who leaves on retirement on the 25th of this month. Gave him some books and book ends.
Played nine holes for the 1st time in two weeks.
Cabinet meeting from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Received Minister Shaomi brought by Amb. [Toshio] Urabe to transmit the thanks of the Japanese government formally for the help our government have extended them in the search of the remaining Japanese straggler Lt. [Hiroo] Onoda in Lubang Island. I informed him that there were reports of other stragglers in Mt. Halcon, Mindoro Oriental where some kaingeros have been sighted with plantings that Mangyans do not make.
The cabinet meeting took up Land Reform, Cooperatives, Prices, Budget requirements and the business policies on expropriations (IISMI [Iligan Integrated Steel Mills Inc.], Elirol [Elizalde Rolling Mills, Inc.], Meralco [Manila Electric Company], PLDT [Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company], NAWASA [National Water and Sewerage Authority], PNR [Philippine National Railways]) taxes, wages, credit.
No Official Gazette entry for this day.