1:45 AM Nov 9th
Nov. 7, 1972
Nov 8, 1972
Malacañan Palace
Manila
Have been busy the whole day of the 7th on the amendments to the Constitution draft of the Concon.
And the first two chapters of the book (sequel to Today’s Revolution–)
Worked until 2 AM
Met no visitors on the 7th.
Nov. 8th I spent meeting the new Sec Gen of Seato Thai Minister of Economic Affairs and Ambassador to the US before his new assignment. Mr. Sunthorn Hongladarom.
And the President and Vice President of American Express James Robinson and Schumer as well as the new QSI head BGen. Temple.
Started the local support for the Reform Movement meeting the Governors and Congressmen, City Mayors & Municipal mayors of the Bicol United Bloc, Cebu, Bulacan and Benguet.
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, McGovern, South Dakota.
But the Democrats retain their majority in the Senate and the House.
Met Dr. Roy Presterman, the American governments most outstanding expert in land tenure has been here advising Sec. Estrella 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 US Congress for land reform.
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Our SoSec secretarys son, Roland Villacorta, was arrested for possessing new copies of Ang Tao.
And Delegate Cesar Serapio of Bulacan was arresed 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 AM.