11th May 1945
A small peace clique is now taking shape in Japan. One of its leaders is sopposed to be General Ugaki who has, according to the… Read More »11th May 1945
Chiang Kai-shek
10th January 1945
Not all the Japanese are unaware of how things are going. Today a Japanese admitted to me that the situation looked “hopeless”. The Americans, he… Read More »10th January 1945
November 20, 1944
Emilio was here this morning. He said a Jap officer went to his house at eight o’clock last night with a German. The Jap wants… Read More »November 20, 1944
January 26-27, 1943
Shoreham Hotel. Quezon is offered $1,000 a lecture for ten meetings by Getts, a lecture promoter, who came to lunch with his wife, the former… Read More »January 26-27, 1943
July 14, 1942
Shoreham Hotel. I found Quezon in high spirits; he had an overhaul yesterday at the Walter Reed Hospital, where they found his heart, arteries, kidneys,… Read More »July 14, 1942
May 31, 1942
Quezon came into my room at the Shoreham for a two hours’ talk. Yesterday he had offered me an official position to go around with… Read More »May 31, 1942
February 2, 1942
Rice dealers gathered at the NARIC this morning and I explained the new policy ordered regarding the selling of rice in the markets. I wonder… Read More »February 2, 1942
2 January 1942
Three weeks after that last peacetime Sunday, Manila is like a deserted city. Enormous black clouds, againstwhich even the tropical sun is powerless, fill part… Read More »2 January 1942