Whole day at home, dozing and reading Tempest, the meaning of which is unfathomable.
Evening, Teresa 【康彰], 顧三嫂, 李芑君, and Dison 【浦薛鳳] played bridge here.
Operational budget for next year is hard to frame. If refugees to be returned home should number 500,000 and if each should cost CN$6,000, the bill would come to $30,000,000,000.
Transportation would cost probably $60,000,000,000. 30 + 60 = 90 billion. 210-90=120. That means CNRRA 【行政院善後救濟總署] can divert to the regional offices 10 billion per month. If we set aside 4 billion for reconstruction of cities, that would have six billion for general purposes. Hunan, Kwangsi, and Hupeh should each get 0.8 billion for city reconstruction; Hunan, Kiangsi, and Shansi should get 0.4 billion each; the rest to be dived among others. The general fund should be divided equally among 13 regional offices, Shanghai and Formosa to get ¼.