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October 6, 1972

11:30 PM

Oct. 6, 1972

Friday

Malacañan Palace

Manila

Worked on the outline of the whole program of reform:

1. Peace and Order

Criminality

Guns

Gangster

Private Armies

Judiciary

2. Investment, Production, Prices

Incentives

Taxes

Service Contract

3. Land Reform

Cooperatives

Financial Support

4. Government Reorganization

Graft and Corruption

Inefficiency

5. Labor

Unemployment

Manpower Training

6. Public Finances

Taxes

Customs and Tariff Code

Code of Internal Revenue

7. Social Services

Social Security

Health

Housing

Education

Ex. Sec. Alex Melchor, Sec of Finance Cesar Virata and C.B. Gov. Greg Licaros arrived today from the United States. I immediately put them to work on the Reform Program.

The U    tonight raided a store which was the warehouse for stolen communications equipment (apparently from U.S. Bases) and arrested three persons.

We must trace the other conspirators.

The heroin manufacturers (another laboratory has been raided in Caloocan, still belonging to the Tan Su syndicate) must be tried by the Military Tribunal and if found guilty, executed publicly.

And the same thing must be done to the AFP personnel who participated in the manufacture of the bomb in Joe’s Dept. Store (Sgt. Gacutan)