1. 9:00 PM Oct. 29, 1972 Sunday Malacañan Palace Manila God forbid we will ever be another Vietnam. Amb. Pham Dang Lam explained to me that the US through Dr. Kissinger just went ahead and entered into an agreement with Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam without any guarantee that North Vietnamese troops would withdraw..
Read moreFebruary 22, 1970 Sunday
PAGE 91 Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang February 22, 1970 Sunday 12:05 AM Spent practically the whole afternoon (4:00 PM) up to about 8:00 PM with the military, Gens. Yan, Espino, Ileto, Garcia, Tanabe, Sabalones, Ordoñez, Col. Ver and Diaz. Gov. Nepomuceno with Eric Mendoza who is..
Read moreAugust 29, 1945, Wednesday
Taruc and Alejandrino, the two communists or ex-communits and Hukbulahaps, were notified yesterday that they were leaving for Manila today. This morning they left by plane. We noticed that they left with a heavy heart and we felt exactly the same. Those two men have won the friendship and admiration of all of us. As..
Read moreMarch 19, 1945
I have not written in almost four weeks. It seems like I have passed a terrible nightmare and have awakened in Barotac, where it is peaceful and calm. I shall try to take you back to where I left off. On the night of February 15, exactly at midnight, both sides ceased fighting. The Philippine..
Read more8th day, Jan. 4, 1945
Maj. Ben Hollero, DQM of 9th MD is here today with Capt. Nolan. They are rabid anti-puppets and pro-statehood elements. Maj. Hollero is a great fellow. I found PA officers here respectable, dignified and intelligent. They are broad minded and strongly condemn abuses of soldiers. They heard unfavorable information about the PA in Panay. E.J...
Read moreJuly 26, 1944
We heard over the Manila radio that Gen. Lim was executed. He was in charge of the Philippine Army before the war. Fortunately, his family is in the United States. We have also heard that a general evacuation of Manila has been ordered! The people of Iloilo are wondering whether we, too, should obey these..
Read moreApril 29-May 1, 1943
Shoreham Hotel. Quezon back from three weeks rest at Miami as guest of the military intelligence service. Originally he had planned to have me spend a fortnight with him to "finish his book" but on arrival there with his family he wired me there was no room available for me in the house which was..
Read moreApril 1, 1943
Many things have taken place since I have last written. On March 7, 1943 Coné sent two men (one of them a Philippine Army G-2, and the other one was Agustin’s houseboy who knew of our whereabouts). They arrived at our mountain hideout at 4:00 p.m. on March 8. Coné wants us to go with..
Read moreJanuary 6, 1943
The days have been quiet since the 23rd of December and what a relief from the bombing and fighting! The enemy is now staying in the town of Barotac. It is estimated that there are around 300 Japanese soldiers there. Melecia (Coné’s sister) and her husband, Agustin, remained at the farmhouse until the very last,..
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