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ON U.S. BASES: The matter is under negotiation. Since the trade agreements with the U.S. expire in 1974, the entire relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines is under negotiation. I don't want to undercut the negotiators.
ON WOMEN'S LIB: We are way ahead of you. In the Philippines we put women up on a pedestal. We retain some of the Old World chivalry that defers to women. There is no prejudice against women in professional life. Women have good judgment on investments. The husband who does not consult with his wife on investments is a strong-hearted man.
Just then Imelda Marcos, wearing a bright orange dress, her bandaged right arm hanging in a red bandana sling, slid quietly in through a side door and offered a bandaged left hand. She wore no makeup, but she didn't need any. Long curving fingernails, painted a shiny silver, protruded from the bandages on both hands and extended easily an inch beyond the end of her fingers. "You see," she said, "my hands are not only healing, they are manicured."