Malacañang Saturday 10:00 AM [p.61] I write this tonight having been a little occupied last night during the demonstration or riot. I am glad I was able to hold back on the repeated requests to fire at the rioters, the first request when they took over a fire truck,...
Malacañang
January 27, 1970
Malacañang Tuesday 12:10 PM [p.54] Also met with Cong. [Justiniano] Montano at 11:30 AM. Asked him to stop his fellow Liberals from the crazy ideas of a coup d’etat. Imelda left for Leyte to attend the installation of the Bishop of Palo. Have just called her up by...
January 26, 1970
MalacañangPalace Monday 11:05 PM [p.51] Opening session of Congress. State of the Nation Address and Riots by the demonstrators in front of Congress. 57 Official Gazette for January 26, 1970: President Marcos laid down the imperative of self-discipline as “our...
January 25, 1970
Malacañang Sunday 1:00 PM [p.50] The President must do almost everything in the government. Nothing moves unless he pushes. So I had to meet the student demonstrators themselves. Their speeches were getting obscene and lewd. I told them that I was sad that they could...
January 24, 1970
Malacañang Palace 1:00 PM [p.49] I have just directed the retirement of Gen. [Vicente] Raval and all the extended generals effective Feb. 1st and April 1st. I will retain Gen. [Manuel] Yan as Chief of Staff only because there is no one who is qualified to take his...
January 23, 1970
Malacañang Palace 12:00 PM [p.47] I have just talked to [Jose] Joe Maristela who is our informer in the [Eleuterio] Adevoso group planning a coup d’etat. He feels the plan, though fantastic, is serious. Their next meeting is at his house in Antipolo next Wednesday....
January 22, 1970
Malacañang Palace [p.45] I have been able to settle the Senate Presidency at 3:30 PM. [Gil] Puyat remains and [Jose] Roy becomes Executive Vice President of the Nacionalista Party as well as President Pro Tempore. [Arturo] Tolentino remains as majority floor leader....
January 21, 1970
Malacañang Palace 3:20 PM [p.43] Have met (at 11:00 AM up to lunch and 1:30 PM) with Dr. Zarhkar of the IMF and Gov. [Gregorio] Licaros and have convinced him that instead of a 25% devaluation, a floating rate would be better to be set about the later part of...
January 20, 1970
Malacañang Palace [p.41] I still write this in Veterans Memorial Hosp. at 8:00 AM. Meldy is coming home to the Palace at noon before lunch. We have stopped the regular stipends to the columnists and newspapermen. This was started by Pres. [Ramon] Magsaysay in 1954....