Rose early. Wrote out essential points of my speech. A fellow from the Council【1】 came to talk over the matter. Leacock【2】 of Indusco came to talk about technical matters connected with CIC 【中國工業合作社]. At 7, went over to the Waldorf Astoria. Cocktail: met Gerard,【3】 former Ambassador to Germany; Edison,【4】 Governor of New Jersey; a lot of steel, oil, chemical, power, banking fellows, as well as Li Ming 【李銘], Chang Kia-ngau 【張嘉璈], James Yu 【于焌吉], Hu Shih 【胡適], Lauchlin Currie, etc. At 8, was taken to Jade Room. Found a huge table spread for 80 people. Began to realize it was a big function. Patterson【5】 presided. First called on Gerard, who betrayed his age terribly. Then Currie, laboring under inferiority complex of an American professor before big businessmen, trying his best to be hard-headed. His remarks about political instability infuriated me. But I restrained myself and said simply and honestly what I had to say. I have taken Currie’s measure and know how to handle him hereafter. After dinner, and speech, had stomachache and felt very tired. A sense that I had not measured up to the occasion seized me. Read more Under Cover and went to bed.

【注】
【1】此指中美工商協會（China-America Council of Commerce and Industry, Inc.），成立於1944年2月，目的在促進美國商界對開發戰後中國及加強兩國貿易，總部設在紐約。
參考：“China Seen Ready For Industrial Era,” New York Times (Feb. 10, 1944), p. 4。
【2】應為David J. Leacock（1890-1980），出生於葡萄牙西南方的馬德拉島（Madeira），父親是英籍商人。
原在大加納利島等地經營農場，引進新式灌溉系統，1936年隨著佛朗哥政權崛起，輾轉流亡到美國。
1941-1944年為Indusco技術部主任。
1944-1952年相繼任職於聯合國善後救濟總署、聯合國歐洲經濟委員會，在南斯拉夫、瑞士日內瓦等地工作。
參考：Who’s Who in Commerce and Industry: The International Business Who’s Who, 5th international ed. (Chicago: The A. N. Marquis Company, 1947), p. 773; Augusto Alamo, “David J. Leacock, el inglés que disparó la agricultura,” La Provincia (Nov. 12, 2017), https://www.laprovincia.es/gran-canaria/2017/11/12/david-j-leacock-ingles-disparo-9583795.html; Sergio Aguiar Castellano, “La Guerra Civil obliga a Mr. Leacock a abandonar Gran Canaria,” La Provincia (Nov. 12, 2017), http://www.laprovincia.es/gran-canaria/2017/11/12/guerra-civil-obliga-mr-leacock/996772.html。
【3】James W. Gerard（1867-1951），1913-1917年為美國駐德大使。
參考：“James W. Gerard, 84, Dies; Envoy to Germany 1913-17,” New York Times (Sep. 7, 1951), p.1。
【4】Charles Edison（1890-1969），出生於美國紐澤西州，為發明家愛迪生（Thomas A. Edison）之子。
1927年成為愛迪生公司總裁，1937-1940年任美國海軍部助理部長、部長，1941-1944年任美國紐澤西州州長。
1944年被選為美國援華聯合會董事會主席。
參考：Who Was Who in America with World Notables vol. 5, 1969-1973, p. 208; “Gov. Charles Edison,” National Governors Association, accessed Feb. 18, 2021, https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-edison/；“Directors Name Charles Edison New Chairman,” News of United China Relief vol. 3, no. 3 (Mar. 4, 1944), p. 1。
【5】Richard C. Patterson Jr.（1886-1966），1927-1944年歷任美國紐約州矯正局局長、國家廣播公司執行副總、美國商務部助理部長、雷電華電影公司（Radio Keith Orpheum; 簡稱ROK）董事長。
1944-1953年歷任美國駐南斯拉夫大使、駐瓜地馬拉大使、駐瑞士公使。
此時亦為中美工商協會會長。
參考：Who Was Who in America with World Notables vol. 4, 1961-1968, p. 737; “Richard Patterson Jr., 80, Dies; Ex-Public Events Commissioner,” New York Times (Oct. 1, 1966), p. 31；“Broad Plan Shaped For Chinese Trade,” New York Times (Mar. 12, 1944), p. S4。