Last night, Eisenhower made a very lame speech on his trip to the Far East. The Ike administration began with the armistice in Korea and ends with this trip. It is mediocre throughout. While Dulles was alive, it had some guts, but not since. I am afraid that the Republicans have not made good use of this period of return to power. They may not get another chance for years to come.
S.C. meeting in the morning, on the admission of the Federation of Mali. It went off smoothly. The U.S.S.R. and Poland expressed their “sympathy” with peoples of Asia and Africa oppressed by colonialism and imperialism, their usual propaganda theme on such occasions.
Shuhsi Hsu 【徐淑希] came in for a chat. Found him in excellent shape.
In my speech on Mali, I indulged in a bit of oratory. “French work among the peoples of the Federation of Mali was begun three centuries ago by a great Frenchman Cardinal Richelieu.【1】 It is now being brought to its full fruition by another great Frenchman, General de Gaulle.”
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【1】Cardinal Richelieu（1585-1642），原名Armand Jean du Plessis，法國政治人物。
1622年成為樞機主教，1624-1642年為路易十三的首席大臣，任內建立法國的君主專制政體，並致力於削弱哈布斯堡王朝在歐洲的勢力。
參考：Daniel Patrick O’Connell, “Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal et duc de Richelieu,” Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed Sep. 21, 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Armand-Jean-du-Plessis-cardinal-et-duc-de-Richelieu。