Beautiful day. At 7 a.m., Cooper was in his 14th orbit, having slept for some eight hours. Faith VII was in mechanical perfection.
Returned the call of the new Iranian Ambassador at 10:30.
At 11:30, Mr. Corman of Cincinnati called. An extreme rightist, devoted to fight communists in church and college, he asked for a contribution of $2,000.00. Told him I had no budgetary allowance for such a purpose.
T. Y. Lee 【李德燏] phoned to say that K. C. Li Jr. 【李國欽之子] was about to sell Wah Chang Trading Co. 【華昌貿易公司] and urged him 【me] to exert myself against such a move. Wrote a letter in such sense.
Finished reading Wright’s History of Chinese Buddhism 【Buddhism in Chinese History],【1】 a delightful little book, which made clear the outline of development.
【注】
【1】正確書名為Buddhism in Chinese History，作者是Arthur F. Wright，中文名芮沃壽。