11:00 PM Oct. 30, 1972 Monday Malacañan Palace Manila Conference on prices 10:00-12:30 AM. Tariff Code amendments --Sec. of Agri. recommendations Reassignments in the AFP --Sec. Ponce Enrile and Gen. Espino. Luncheon with the original group --Sec. Ponce Enrile, Gen. Espino, the major service commanders, Gens. Zagala, Ramos, Rancudo and Commodore Ruiz, Gen. Paz, J-2,..
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1:00 AM, Oct 8th Oct. 7, 1972 Saturday Malacañan Palace Manila Have been busy finishing the Reform Program. We have to revise the targets and the plans. And the NBC people with Liz Trotta, the Singapore-based NBC correspondent and panelist in the Spivak Meet the Press show tomorrow night, have been busy preparing my study..
Read moreOctober 2, 1972
11:30 PM Oct. 2, 1972 Monday Malacañan Palace Manila We are now watching the development of opposition among the clergy, possibly the nuns the Free Farmers Federation and the Christian Socialist Movement. So the opening of the schools in the high school and college levels have to be postponed. For there would be an..
Read moreSeptember 20, 1972
(1) 1040 PM Sept, 20, 1972 Malacañan Palace Manila The two Americans paid to assassinate me were supposed to do the job this morning but when they tried out the guns (even the .22 caliber) they were too loud. This was explained by our penetration man, Talastas. They have prepared a Comby wagon, put..
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(1) 12:50 PM Sept. 18, 1972 Monday Malacañan Palace Manila The Concon and the sala of Judge Lustre of Quezon City trying the subversives were bombed by unidentified person this afternoon at 3:40 PM. It caused extensive damage and injured about thirty people. Two of the subversives were almost able to escape. This..
Read moreSeptember 5, 1972
[Note: the first part of this entry is missing] Sept 5th (Con't) Malacañan Palace Manila Conference with Gen. Ver and others on contingency plans. I place Gen. Espino [&] Sec. Ponce Enrile's report in Envelope XXXIV-U The Pomeroy article on Phil. Maoists [ ] Sen. Aquino is helping organize the NPA, Lopezes..
Read moreMay 8, 1972 Monday 11:25 pm
… After the meeting I directed Sec. Ponce Enrile, the Chief of Staff, Gen. Espino, Vice Chief of Staff, Gen. Ileto, PC Chief, Gen. Ramos, PA Chief, Gen. Zagala, Air Force Chief, Gen. Rancudo, 1st PC Zone Commander, Gen. Tomas Diaz, IV PC Zone Commander, Gen. Encarnacion, Asst. Chief of Staff, J-2, Col. Paz, to..
Read moreJan. 4, 1971 Monday 10:00 pm
…Today (this morning 11:00 am up to lunch at 2:00 pm) in a conference with Sec. Juan Ponce Enrile, Sec. Alex Melchor and Gen. Yan, I ordered the setting up of a Special War Center, an Internal Security Agency, a Psy-War Branch all under the DND as well as the creation of a new command,..
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..
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