Sunny and warm, over 40°.
Office in the morning. Finalized the memo on publicity in the U.S.A. Central points: (1) play down D-day. (2) play up constructive work in agriculture, industry, education, health, and democratic government, (3) educate American publicists who already have an audience, and (4) let the working units of the government feed the press. Memo was drafted in response to C.’s 【蔣中正] cable for a plan.
George Yeh 【葉公超] told me about his breakfast conversation with Shuhsi Hsu 【徐淑希]. At bottom, Hsu attacked me, because he thought I was going to fire him. He said I had lost the cause of representation because I had not emphasized Soviet “aggression” and inhumanity of the Chinese Reds. Asked George to promote N. S. Cheng 【鄭寶南] to be Deputy Representative in ECOSOC 【經濟及社會理事會].
Security Council on Suez Canal. Pressure on Egypt to permit free navigation, including ships of Israel.