Wrote some pages on the historical background to the problems of the Pacific: why China, though situated on the Pacific, never became a Pacific Power; why the European states pursued both maritime and continental interests; why England became the most successful in overseas expansion. Talked with Shih 【施其南] and Hu 【胡可時] on the budget for 1945 for CNRRA 【行政院善後救濟總署]. T. V. 【宋子文] gave his approval to my draft statute. Consulted Wong Wen-hao 【翁文灝] as to the wisdom of my resigning from my present post as Director of Political Affairs 【行政院政務處長]. He advised me against the step for the present, as T. V. would take it to mean that I was not willing to co-operate. Evening, took N. Z. 【唐玉瑞] and Sze Pao 【蔣居仁] to hear a vocal recital by Sze 【斯義桂].【1】 The man has technique, a fair voice, some feeling: all immature, but I was glad that he was sending the freshness and strength of western music into the insipid soul of China. Mr. Woo sent me from Chengtu 【成都] a copy of Brooks Atkinson’s article in New York Times, Oct. 30, on the dismissal of Stilwell. Atkinson put all fault on C. 【蔣中正] and explained it by C.’s desire to perpetrate feudal rule. Someday, Atkinson will regret such an unbalanced article. I suspect that the idea of equipping the Communist armies originated with Lattimore, who handed it to Stilwell, who transmitted it to Atkinson. Lattimore is at bottom a simple but strong-willed ideologue. His is a case of hell paved with good-will.

【注】
【1】應為斯義桂（1915-1994），生於上海，曾於上海國立音樂專科學校師從俄國男低音歌唱家蘇石林（V. Shushlin），1937-1941年在香港從事音樂教學工作，並常為抗戰作募捐演出。
香港淪陷後，經上海赴重慶出任國立音樂學院分院聲樂教師，1947年赴美深造，1949年首度於紐約卡內基廳舉行獨唱會，大獲成功，後持續在各國演唱。
著名作品有《教我如何不想他》（趙元任作曲）。
參考：史君良，《20世紀著名歌唱家》（上海：上海世界圖書出版公司，2010），頁622-634。