1:45 AM Nov. 9th
Have been busy the whole day of the 7th on the amendments to the Constitution draft of the Concon [Constitutional Convention].
And the first two chapters of the book (sequel to Today’s Revolution—).
Worked until 2:00 AM.
Met no visitors on the 7th.
Nov. 8th I spent meeting the new Sec. Gen. of Seato [Southeast Asia Treaty Organization] Thai Minister of Economic Affairs and Ambassador now to the U.S. before his new assignment, Mr. Sunthorn Hongladarom.
And the President and Vice President of American Express James Robinson and Schuyler as well as the new OSI [Office of Special Investigations] head BGen. Temple.
Started the local support for the Reform Movement meeting the Governors and Congressmen, City Mayors and Municipal Mayors of the Bicol United Bloc, Cebu, Bulacan and Benguet.
[Richard] Nixon has won by a landslide in the Tuesday elections winning in all states except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia where he lost 2-1. He even won in the state of his opponent, [George] McGovern, South Dakota.
But the Democrats retain their majority in the Senate and the House.
Met Dr. Roy Prosterman, the American government’s most outstanding expert in land tenure has been here advising Sec. [Conrado] Estrella [Sr.] on the rules and regulations.
He recommends zero retention for or by the landowners—even the small ones.
And says he feels that we can get a hundred million dollars of aid from the U.S. Congress for land reform.
Our SoSec secretary’s son, Roland Villacorta, was arrested for possessing new copies of Ang Tao.
No Official Gazette entries for these days.
And Delegate Cesar Serapio of Bulacan was arrested in a gambling raid of the house of the House of Representatives cashier, Aldaba. I was asked to have him released. But to teach him a lesson he is being kept up to 5:00AM.