Security Council luncheon with Adlai Stevenson. His suavity is intact but his warmth is wearing thin. Dag Hammarskjold brought up the question of the investigation of Lumumba’s death. The Advisory Committee has taken action but it has no legal status with the Assembly or the Council. Zorin thought it must have some status conferred. After a long discussion, it was agreed to think it over.
Fine golf practice. Suddenly I got a smooth and effective swing.
Entertained members of the delegation of Malagasy Republic and Congo (Leopoldville). A Malagase spoke Cantonese. I asked Cardoso【1】 of Congo if it was true that President Kasavubu had a Chinese grandfather or grandmother. He said it was uncertain, but the story was generally told.
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【1】Mario Cardoso(1933-),後改稱Losembe Batwanyele,又作Mario-Philippe Cardoso或 Mario-Philippe Losembe,剛果外交官與政治人物,比利時魯汶大學畢業。
1960-1962年為剛果(雷堡市)常駐聯合國代表,1962-1965年為駐美大使館代辦。
1966-1972年歷任薩伊駐英大使、駐摩洛哥大使、教育部長、外交部長。
參考:The International Who’s Who, 35th ed., 1971-72, p. 262; The International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who, 1998 (East Grinstead: Bowker-Saur, 1998), p. 1011; Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, Feb. 1972 (Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 1972), p. 73。