The papers are all about the fall of Bataan. The anti-American propaganda is vitriolic, but we've heard it all before. A full-page article by Salvador P. Lopez in the Magazine Section manages to avoid any anti-American statements. Taken prisoner in Mindanao, the camp's leader was none other than Brigadier General Manuel Roxas, who's still a prisoner. Once an aide of Roxas, Lopez now works for the Japanese information department but manages to stay inconspicuous.

We hired an ancient Ford (a charcoal-fed jitney) and passed by the Boulevard at 0855 while the so-called parade crowd was assembling. There were hardly 10,000 there at the time, and I doubt that many more were around by the end. At the Boulevard we noticed more ships in the Bay than at any time during the occupation, including three hospital ships (Maurice insists there were four). Manilans assume the Japanese use them as transports.