12 European Nations Plan Marcos Inaugural Boycott : He Blasts Pressure as Intervention

MANILA — President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ international isolation intensified visibly today as ambassadors from Western Europe indicated that they plan to boycott his inaugural next week and said they expect the United States will, too.

The ambassadors, representing the 12 countries of the European Common Market, paid a joint call on opposition leader Corazon Aquino and told her that their governments considered Marcos’ reelection questionable because of extensive fraud in the Feb. 7 vote.

“This election was won in a way that we have serious questions about,” said a Dutch diplomat who acted as spokesman for the group. “It is probable that none of the ambassadors will appear (at the inauguration).”

Snub by U.S. Possible

Another European diplomat said U.S. Embassy officials had privately indicated that U.S. Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth also would shun the inauguration, scheduled for next Tuesday, and send a lower ranking representative instead. A spokesman at the U.S. Embassy refused to comment on the report.

The inauguration boycott, which may also include Japan and other Asian countries, was the clearest sign yet that a broad international consensus is forming against recognizing Marcos’ reelection as legitimate.

West Germany and Spain have called their ambassadors home as a sign of their disapproval. The United States, Canada and New Zealand have also questioned the legitimacy of the election results.

Aquino, who maintains that she would have won the election if it had been conducted fairly, told the ambassadors that she intends to keep on with a campaign of protest against Marcos until the authoritarian president falls, aides said.

‘Intervention’ Charged

Marcos and his aides have reacted angrily to the mounting gestures of diplomatic displeasure. Marcos asked his foreign minister to inform other countries that he considers their actions “intervention in the internal affairs of our people.”

U.S. diplomats believe Marcos may find the boycott so embarrassing that he will decide to hold his inaugural ceremony in private, instead of in the customary public gala, one American source said.

The Dutch diplomat noted that no country has sent Marcos the customary message of congratulations on his reelection--except the Soviet Union, whose ambassador congratulated Marcos on Wednesday.

But even the Soviet message was on a lower than usual level, coming from Ambassador Vadim I. Shabalin rather than from the Kremlin’s top leaders in Moscow.

Soviets Praised

Nevertheless, Marcos was sufficiently appreciative that he praised the Soviet Union for “its position against intervention in our internal affairs” and said the Philippines would try to expand its trade with Moscow.

The Soviet Union has worked steadily for several years to improve its relations with Marcos, despite the Philippine leader’s record of anti-communism.