Private Security Council on the election of U Thant of Burma to be acting Secretary-General. The U.S.A., the U.S.S.R., the U.K., and France agreed. There was nothing I could do about it.
Cabled Chen Cheng 【陳誠], to accept: 謹遵命勉試兼任駐美大使職務. The die is cast.
Invited S. K. Chow 【周書楷], Hsueh 【薛毓麒], C. M. Chang 【張純明], Cheng Hsi-ling 【鄭錫霖], and N. S. Cheng 【鄭寶南] to lunch.