Cold better. Drafted a dispatch to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on displaced persons. Conference with Kizer and his staff on (1) emergency program in Kweichow, and (2) financial accounting between our offices. At 12, went to Wang Shih-chieh’s 【王世杰] place for lunch and consultation on the afternoon’s press conference. At 2, back in the office, drafted press statement in English and Chinese. At 3, met the press men in the press hostel. Oper of the New York Times acted the patron of the Chinese Communists. It was hard to be patient with him. I wished to say once and for all, “If you had the Chinese Communist Party in the United States, you would finish it by lynching.” The conference lasted till 3:40, the longest ever held. At 4:30, talked with Hsu Kan 【徐堪], about food for relief in Kweichow. He said he had just had a conference with transport people in the American Headquarters, and he had failed to secure any aid in transportation. So long as that bottleneck remains, he could not see his way towards allotting food for relief in Kweichow. Had one hour’s rest at home and heard some good music from BBC. At 6:30, went to the Executive Yuan to act as host to a dinner party in honor of Arnold: two tables, quite pleasant. Y. C. Koo 【顧翊群] talking sensibly about music and the Bretton Woods Conference.