Amb. of Saudi Arabia, Al-Khayyal, returned my call.
Gave a draft cable on disarmament to Kiang 【江易生] to re-draft. He brought it back, having softened it somewhat, for fear that Taipei might not be able to stomach harsh naked truth.
R. C. Chen 【陳長桐] came to talk about the application of Somalia for membership in the International Bank and in IDA 【國際開發協會].
Woodring,【1】 FDR’s Secretary of War, came, with a friend, to sound out possibility of establishing steel plant in Taiwan.
Evening, dinner with Rep. Johnson【2】 of Maryland.

【注】
【1】Harry H. Woodring（1887-1967），1931-1933年為美國堪薩斯州州長，1933-1936年為助理戰爭部長，1936-1940 年擔任戰爭部長。
參考：Keith D. McFarland, Harry H. Woodring: A Political Biography of FDR’s Controversial Secretary of War (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1975)。
【2】Thomas Francis Johnson（1909-1988），1959-1963年擔任美國國會馬里蘭州民主黨眾議員。
參考：“JOHNSON, Thomas Francis,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed Dec. 13, 2022, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000176。