1. 12:35 PM Oct. 21, 1972 Saturday Malacañan Palace Manila Just arrived from the informal dinner given by Pres. and Mrs. Watanabe of the Asian Development Bank. Only Sec. & Mrs. Alex Melchor, Sec and Mrs. Cesar Virata and ADB Vice Pres. Krisna Moortli were present. Pres. Watanabe is retiring Dec. 25th. It was..
Read moreMarch 29, 1972
1. Decision to make: Subversions, the media. 2. List down the countries with which we have an unfavorable trade balance. Organize the exporters to make special efforts to export to them. Start out with Australia. 3. Assign special salas or courts for cases of anti-graft, corruption, malversation, dishonesty of government officials. 4. MIA. Kearns visit,..
Read moreFebruary 27, 1970
PAGE 97 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang February 27, 1970 Friday 10:30 PM The Manila Police early this morning (two hours after the rioting) raided the Philippine College of Commerce with a search warrant from Judge Jarencio and arrested 38 persons including students, professors and paid vandals..
Read moreFebruary 18, 1970, Wednesday
PAGE 87 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang February 18, 1970 Wednesday 3:00 AM The rioters have just dispersed at the corner of Recto and Legarda (3,000 of them) with six grenades of tear gas thrown at 1:00 AM. The gas is still in the air as there is no wind...
Read moreFriday, February 6, 1970
PAGE 69 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang Friday February 6, 1970 1:10 AM Poor Banjo Raval (Gen. Vicente Raval) the Chief of PC. He is one of the most loyal of the officers in the Armed Forces. I have asked him to seek relief as PC Chief. Instead of Gen. Eduardo Garcia,..
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PAGE 66 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang Wednesday February 4, 1970 [Marginal note: Played golf with the Malacañang reporters at 5:00 PM] 1:30 AM Everything has returned to normalcy. But I feel that the HMB’s with Dante and Ninoy masterminding them are planning some sabotage. Talked to Ex-Sen. Rodolfo Ganzon and Ex-Rep..
Read moreJanuary 30, 1970, Friday
PAGE 60 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang January 30, 1970 Friday 4:00 PM Still very quiet. The Kabataang Makabayan has been able to muster only about a hundred demonstrators before Malacañang. To cover up their inadequate number, they have gone to Congress where the NUSP under Jopson and the NSL have a..
Read moreJanuary 29, 1970
PAGE 58 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang January 29, 1970 Thursday The UP faculty had a demonstration this afternoon. They walked from Agrifina Circle to Malacañang, handed me a manifesto blaming the administration for “the pattern of repression.” No mention at all about who started the stoning nor the danger to the..
Read moreJanuary 26, 1970
PAGE 51 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang January 26, 1970 Monday 11:05 PM Opening session of Congress. State of the Nation Address and Riots by the demonstrators in front of Congress. Two students reported killed. Phil. Gen. Hospital Dir. Pascual reports 45 demonstrators and 5 policemen treated. Cars in Congress destroyed like..
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