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Outside Manila's Malacañang Palace last week, artificial Christmas trees constructed of wire loops draped with red and white paper streamers overshadowed the surrounding palms. The only signs of the martial law imposed on the country last September were a few added sentries. Inside the palace, a gilded, 20-ft. artificial tree, adorned with mother-of-pearl ornaments, stood in the great chandeliered reception hall. In contrast, the office of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was almost austere. Marcos last week talked with TIME Correspondent Roy Rowan, who sent this report...
Marcos looks tired. The three months of martial law and the assassination attempt on his wife, when a man with a knife slashed the First Lady during a ceremony in a park near Manila (TIME, Dec. 11), clearly show in the deep lines of his face. Marcos said he had been a little more cautious of late: "The problem for the First Family is that you have no defense against a man who is prepared to die in an attempt on your life...
...Under martial law, clamped on the country in May, anyone who is considered a threat to national security-a vague charge, to be sure -can be held in "preventive detention" indefinitely without trial. Even prisoners who have finished their sentences can still be held if they are considered dangerous to security. Opposition Leader Truong Dinh Dzu, who ran against Thieu in 1967 as a peace candidate and was subsequently jailed for advocating a coalition government, was due to be released in May. He is still behind bars, although his quarters are comfortable and his family is allowed to visit...
During the scuffle, the attacker was shot in the back twice by a guard and killed. Filipino officials could not immediately identify him. Nonetheless, they tried to link him with a right-wing conspiracy that was purportedly aimed at killing both the First Lady and the President, who proclaimed martial law last September. Marcos, who was not with his wife at the awards ceremony, said later: "When we undertook our program of reform, we knew we would have to pay a price. I cannot forgive myself that it had to be she who had to pay such a price...
...congressional subcommittee is currently investigating the Kitty Hawk riot, along with racial outbreaks on the carrier Constellation and the oiler Hassayampa, to determine whether or not such problems stem from a lack of discipline in the Navy. Meanwhile, the manner in which the Kitty Hawk conducts its courts-martial will also be watched carefully. A biracial Pentagon task-force report on military justice, released last week by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, charged that there was a definite pattern of discrimination against blacks in the meting out of punishment. The report gave substance to black sailors' claims that recent...