 It stirred interest after being published in "The Asian Wall Street Journal" on the alleged Marcos property holdings in New York.By late January 1985, the pursuit for the truth behind the rumors began with Lewis M. Simons, a Tokyo-based correspondent for the "San Jose Mercury News", who sent a memo to his desk editor, Jonathan Krim.There had been incessant speculations of Philippine "capital flight" that not only involved Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos themselves, but also government officials and friends of the first family.