Slight shower in the morning.
Price 【畢範理] et al. came at 9. Urged them to reconsider their plan to set up seven regional offices all over China. Dictated a press statement on the immediate needs of China, with emphasis on ships. Ward, of the BBC, came to lunch. We chatted on the same topic.
Press conference at 3 p.m., both Chinese and foreign. Some good and some foolish questions were asked.
Yeh Yuan-lung 【葉元龍] came at 4, to tell me that he would accept the regional directorship of Anhwei.
Evening, chatted with 慎言 about family affairs.