Good day. Worked out a set of instructions on house construction in devastated cities: still doubtful whether it is wise to require others to furnish the materials, while CNRRA 【行政院善後救濟總署] furnishes only the labor costs in the rehabilitation of hospitals and elementary schools, for I am afraid that such a requirement would delay the process. Had lunch with the Soviet Ambassador. I was the only guest. We talked about UNRRA 【聯合國善後救濟總署] supplies, organization, and personnel. Then Petrov【1】 asked me about the replacement of Hurley by Marshall.【2】 I said, “no change in American policy.” He declared that the Soviet Union would like to see a united and strong China and would be glad to aid China in industrialization by placing at China’s disposal Soviet technical experience. He asked me about American attitude toward China, I said, “Generally, very favorable.” On American loans, I said that while the American government never indicated any desire to interfere with China’s economic policy, private capitalists prefer to invest in private enterprises of their own or partnership with Chinese private capital rather than lend money to start government enterprises. Evening, gave dinner to Hsu Mo 【徐謨] and Chen Chieh 【陳介]. Chang Yu-chiu 【張禹九(嘉鑄)] and Hsiao-mei 【張肖梅] were also invited. They talked interestingly about current business problems. 慎言 is back home from school: not quite adjusted to college life.

【注】
【1】Apollon A. Petrov，1945-1948年擔任蘇聯駐華大使。
參考：〈蘇聯新任駐華大使 彼得羅夫抵渝〉，《大公報》重慶版（1945年5月1日），2版；〈蘇駐華使節易人〉，《大公報》重慶版（1948年2月26日），2版。
【2】George C. Marshall（1880-1959），1939-1945年為美國陸軍參謀長。
1945年11月美國駐華大使赫利爾辭職後，被總統杜魯門派往中國擔任其私人代表，協助調停中國內戰，1947-1949年為美國國務卿。
參考：Forrest C. Pogue, “George Catlett Marshall,” Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed Mar. 22, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-C-Marshall。