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ACTION EA-09
INFO OCT-01 AF-06 EUR-12 NEA-10 ISO-00 AID-05 IO-11 EB-07
CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-04 H-02 INR-07 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-05
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R 100916Z MAR 76
FM AMEMBASSY MANILA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2882
AMEMBASSY ALGIERS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
AMEMBASSY RABAT
USLO PEKING
CINCPAC
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANILA 3426
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: OVIP, OTRA, RP (MARCOS, FERDINAND)
SUBJECT: FORTHCOMING TRAVEL OF PRESIDENT MARCOS
1. PRESIDENT MARCOS TOLD ME MARCH 9 THAT HE HAS BEEN
UNABLE TO COMBINE HIS TRAVELS TO UNCTAD MEETING NAIROBI
AND MOSCOW INTO SINGLE TRIP. THE UNCTAD SESSION WHICH HE
PLANS ATTEND WILL BE IN EARLY MAY WHILE THE DATE FOR HIS
ARRIVAL IN MOSCOW HAS BEEN FIXED FOR MAY 31.
2. MARCOS SAID HE PLANS TRAVEL NAIROBI DIRECTLY FROM
MANILA WITH ONLY TECHNICAL STOPS FOR FUEL ENROUTE. AFTER
NAIROBI, HE HOPES MAKE "INFORMAL" VISIT TO LONDON
TO VISIT SON AND SAUGHTER, WHO ARE IN SCHOOL THERE, AND
RETURN DIRECTLY TO MANILA. (BRITISH AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN
INFORMED AND IS TRYING TO PUT "INFORMAL" VISIT TOGETHER.)
3. MARCOS SAID HE HAD ALSO BEEN INVITED TO ALGERIA, BUT
IN VIEW CURRENT RUPTURE OF RELATIONS BETWEEN ALGERIA
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AND MOROCCO, DECIDED IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO ACCEPT. HE
SAID HE WAS SIMILARLY RELUCTANT ACCEPT INVITATIONS TO
"OTHER AFRICAN STATES" WHICH HAD INVITED HIM BECAUSE
SITUATION AMONG THEM TOO FLUID.
4. MAY 31 DATE IN MOSCOW IS PRESUMABLY DAY ON WHICH
DIPLOMATIC RELATIIONS BETWEEN SOVIETS AND PHILIPPINES CAN
BE EXPECTED TO BE FORMALLY OPENED. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT
MRS. MARCOS BROTHER, KOKOY, WHO IS TRADITIONAL ADVANCE
MAN FOR PRESIDENT, WILL GO TO MOSCOW IN NEAR FUTURE TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT EVENT, KOKOY IS NOMINALLY
PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO PEKING, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NEVER
PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS, THUS MAKING HIM A RATHER
AWKWARD CHOICE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT. SULLIVAN
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