1:00 AM
Nov. 27th
Issued orders on the Progressive Car Manufacturing Program, Rules on Land Reform delayed but set the guidelines, cement and textiles and the cancellation of sales and bases of public lands as well as titles granted inside the city of Baguio.
Met Amb. Ja[i]me Zobel of London who agreed to stay a few more months after December. Directed USee. [Manuel] Collantes to seek special rules for the deductibility from declared income of personal expenses of ambassadors in Tokyo, Washington, Paris and London as well as a new policy on availability of dollars for this.
Then requested Ralph Nubla to go on an economic mission to Hongkong and Taipeh to get the Chinese threat to invest in the Philippines.
Worked on “Constitutional Dictatorship” as a part of my new book.
And finished my paper work.
Imelda inaugurated the Heart Research Center yesterday (GSIS [Government Service Insurance System]) and today the B[oar]d of Censors Projection Room, then attended the Bagong Anyo ‘72 at the Nayon Pilipino.
Entry is misdated as November 26.
Official Gazette for November 25, 1972: SECRETARY OF Labor Bias F. Ople said the government under Martial Law has regained its credibility because for the first time “the words are matching the deeds and the results, in some cases, have surpassed the expectations.” Speaking before the South Rizal Chamber of Industries fourth membership meeting in Makati, Rizal, Mr. Ople said: “During the past two months we have achieved the highest correlation between words and actions and, therefore, the highest credibility of any administration in our history.”
AN APPEAL to all civic-minded persons to assist the law in the apprehension of fugitives, and persons who have not yet been taken into custody despite warrants of arrest issued against them, was issued by the Operations Center of the Department of Justice. The center’s director, Jose B. Manansala of the National Bureau of Investigation, said that those with valuable information that may lead to the arrest of fugitives are welcome at the Center, if they are hesitant to report to other law-enforcement agencies. The Center’s offices are located at the Prosecution Annex bldg., Department of Justice, Padre Faura, Ermita, Manilla.
INFORMATION SECRETARY Francisco S. Tatad said in a press briefing that the government has enough evidence indicating a “rightist conspiracy” that could have led to a coup d’etat before the proclamation of Martial Law. Mr. Tatad said that the plot was political in nature, making use of criminal elements and, to a certain extent, Communist elements. In this connection, Mr. Tatad said that the government has in its custody a certain Edward Lehman, an American, who has implicated a number of persons, both Filipinos and foreigners, in the plot.