The Conjugal Dictatorship

affidavit:
The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos
12. That, upon my return to San Francisco, I immediately inquired about
the “bribe money” from my sources, particularly, with the Philippine National
Bank which would be the logical instrument for such a transaction from the
Philippines. Luckily, I discovered that during the first banking hour of June
17,1975, on the day I was to testify, the Philippine National Bank had feverish
activity relating to the rush issuance of a Fifty Thousand Dollar
($50,000.00) check in favor of Ambassasor Trinidad Q. Alconcel, the Consul
General of the Philippines in San Francisco. My sources, however, could
not tell me what Ambassador Alconcel did with the check. However, I was
also informed that all transactions with the Philippine National Bank are
being facilitated by three correspondent banks in San Francisco, namely,
Wells Fargo Bank, First Western Bank and Lloyds Bank of California.
13. That, on the basis of the information I had gathered, I started
checking by telephone with the Wells Fargo Bank, and then with the First
Western Bank if any transaction of $50,000.00 involving myself was
recorded by them. I was given by both banks a negative answer.
14. That, when I checked with the Lloyds Bank of California, the person
who answered my telephone inquiry was a certain Mr. Roger Pahl, who,
luckily for me, was the very same person who handled the transaction of
Ambassador Alconcel. Mr. Pahl informed me that at an early banking hour
on June 17, 1975, a person who identified himself as Ambassador Trinidad
Q. Alconcel opened a savings account jointly in his name and my name for
the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00). The number of the
Savings Account was 0660-46062. The corresponding deposit slip was
made in both our names for the full amount. When asked where I was so
that I could sign the signature card of the bank, Ambassador Alconcel
reportedly told Mr. Pahl that I was out of the country.
Mr. Pahl then informed me that the following day, June 18, 1975, the
same person, Ambassador Alconcel, went to the bank again, and changed
the name of our joint account to his own name alone. The account number
of the Savings Deposit was changed to No. 0662-46063.
21. That, at about 3:00 P.M. on July 1, after preliminary contact with the
Lloyds Bank of California, I was accompanied by my lawyer, Attorney Gerald
N. Hill, and Alex A. Esclamado, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the
Philippine News, to the Lloyds Bank of California office at 201 Montgomery
Street, San Francisco, in order to personally inquire about the
circumstances surrounding Alconcel’s $50,000.00 transaction. Then and
there, we were able to discuss the matter with the bank’s Operations Officer,
Mr. Jerry R. Stanton, from whom we got the following information:
(a) That early in the morning of June 17, 1975, Ambassador
Trinidad Q. Alconcel brought a Philippine National Bank, San Francisco
Agency Check No. 4905 dated June 17, 1975, for the sum of FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) payable to “Ambassador Trinidad Q.
Alconcel”. A xerox copy of its face is attached hereto as Annex “E”. The
check was deposited to a Savings Account which was opened in the name
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