Pierson Dixon came to chat. He thought that there was a bare chance that the U.S.S.R. might not veto the Thai draft resolution.
Villamin of the Philippine press came to talk about Geneva. He was impressed by the cocktail parties of Chou En-lai 【周恩來]. He whispered to one of Chou’s aides that as an Oriental, he did not like the presence of a large number of Soviet advisors. The aide said that he did not like them either; he did not know how many, 60,000 or a 100,000.
Evening, dinner with Lodge, S.C. Lodge said I stole the show on Wednesday.