Beautiful day. Morning, office. Wired to the Ministry about India, asking if I might use the veto on behalf of India, in case the others should pass the interim administration in Kashmir. Afternoon, Palestine. The Belgian amended the American resolution, so that the Committee of the Five would not be committed in advance to partition. The Colombian made a long speech on his motion. The Jewish Agency made a long fighting speech. El Khouri gave an immediate rebuttal on some points of detail, stressing that now partition and disturbance are one and the same thing, and peace and order in Palestine are domestic matters, not to be confused with threat to international peace.
Evening, Hsiao 【蕭蘧] came to dinner. He showed a letter from N. Z. 【唐玉瑞], affirming her stand against divorce, separation, or illicit cohabitation.