Mr. Cheng 【鄭通和], Commissioner of Education from Kansu, came to appeal for relief funds. Wrote 2 memos for T. V. 【宋子文], one on delegation to 4th Council Meeting and one on Kansu—400,000,000 for emergency relief. Took them over myself: T. V. approved them both. Talked with him about the budget for Yellow River, for Canton-Hankow railway, and about Yu Fei-peng’s 【俞飛鵬] press interview, opposing navigation of inland rivers to foreign vessels. Oper【1】 came to talk about Manchuria, wishing to know whether Russians obstructed access to UNRRA 【聯合國善後救濟總署] workers. Told him that I had not tried and therefore did not know. Wired to Dison 【浦薛鳳] to press the Foreign Office for formal direct negotiations on the point: issued likewise to Hsiung 【熊式輝] and Chang 【張嘉璈] in Manchuria. T. V. insisted that I should appoint O. S. Lieu 【劉鴻生] to be Director of Operations. Asked him to issue written orders. C. M. 【李卓敏] was deeply disappointed with this turn. After thinking over, I felt it not so bad: O. S. might do some good in transportation and sales; being foxy, he would not wish to have friction with others. Paper full of rumors about changes in the government. Evening, Hilda 【沈恩欽] and Victor 【沈惟泰] came to dinner and play bridge. Last night, read late巴金: 家, many beautiful sections; will remain a classic in Chinese literature.

【注】
【1】根據蔣廷黻1945年3月14日日記，Oper為《紐約時報》記者。