Trygve Lie back. U.N. Secretariat, like a paid claque, staged a welcome demonstration. Moral depravity is universal; one despairs of democracy. He held a long press conference during which he managed very adroitly to say nothing. He is a would-be Chamberlain,【1】 enjoying a minor measure of popularity, such as greeted C. after Munich. In years to come, he will be forgotten, or remembered as a good-intentioned fool. At Moscow, he saw the Commy Ambassador, on whom he urged (1)
participation in the work of the specialized agencies, and (2)
better management of relations with Great Britain. On his way back, he told his story to Bevin, who showed his gratitude by making a speech in the House of Commons.
Invited Kohlberg to lunch. He told me that Barmine【2】 had told him that Lattimore and Barnes belonged to the directing bureau of Comintern for the Far East. He wanted me to meet McCarthy, which I refused. I urged him to place his material at the disposal of a trained historian for a book. He was only partially convinced, thinking scholars to be fools—citing the example of Kerner of California, who in the Commonwealth Club stood for no aid to China. He was very hard on Roosevelt.
Met Sunde at Gross’ cocktail. Urged me, at the request of Lie, to attend dinner of Lie in honor of Cadogan.
【注】
【1】Neville Chamberlain（1869-1940），1937-1940年任英國首相。
1938年09月30日曾代表英國與德、法、義三國簽署慕尼黑協定，同意德國佔領捷克斯洛伐克蘇台德地區，以避免歐洲陷入全面性的戰爭，返國後得到許多英國人民的歡迎。
參考：
“Neville Chamberlain,” Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed Sep. 26, 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neville-Chamberlain。
【2】Alexander Gregory Graf Barmine（1899-1987），前蘇聯共產黨員，1937年擔任蘇聯駐希臘大使館代辦時叛逃到巴黎，1940年到美國。
1942-1943年曾入美軍，戰後以寫作反共文章與書籍維生，1948-1964年任職於美國之音俄語部。
1964-1969年任美國新聞署蘇聯事務官員，1969-1972年任特別顧問。
1948年10月曾在針對希斯（Alger Hiss）的調查中，指控拉鐵摩爾與巴恩斯（Joseph Barnes）為蘇聯共諜，引起聯邦調查局調查。
參考：Robert P. Newman, Owen Lattimore and the “Loss” of China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992)
, pp. 185-190; Esther Iverem, “Alexander G. Barmine, 88, Dies; Early High-Level Soviet Defector,” New York Times (Dec. 28, 1987)
, p. D13。