Cabinet 9 to 11. Wang Shih-chieh 【王世杰] made a lengthy report on the Foreign Ministers’ Conference in London: quarrel about the Balkans, Tripoli, and MacArthur, etc. Two issues were raised: (1) should the textile industry be made a state enterprise? Chen Cheng 【陳誠] was in favor of it, but T. V. 【宋子文] decided against. (2) Should government must guarantee foreign loans of private enterprises? The decision was: leave it to T. V. as particular instances arise. Chen Cheng argued that his factories in Hupeh were more efficient than many private factories; in fact, his managers got many things free, such as land and transport. The cabinet passed two more regional directors: (1) Chang Kuo-tao 【張國燾] for Kiangsi and (2) Tung Kuan-hsien 【童冠賢] for Hopei-Jehol-Tientsin-Peiping. The Ministry of Information introduced an American women journalist to interview me: the most ignorant press agent I have ever met. Evening, dinner with Kizer; then I gave a talk on Chinese history, lasting about 30 minutes. Wilma Fairbank 【費慰梅] was good enough to come hear me and I took her home.
Kizer intimated to me that he was most touched by my apologia pro sua vita,【1】 contained in a recent letter to him.
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【1】拉丁文字面意思為a defense of one’s life。