Hot. Have been receiving a number of letters from university scholars complaining about the pirating of books in Taiwan. Somebody is backing and directing the campaign.
Kennedy’s baby died this morning, on account of an imperfection in breathing system. It was born prematurely.
Talked with Yip 【葉良才] about China Foundation 【中華教育文化基金董事會] affairs.
Thinking and planning the speech for San Francisco and Seattle.
Calling on Gen. Huang Ching-chiu 【黃鎮球] in Walter Reed Hospital. He has had a slight fever every morning for a year. When in a cold climate or in an air conditioned room, the fever disappears.
Marvin Liebman wishes to reprint Chap. XVIII of Kubek’s【1】 book on loss of the mainland. Wrote to him that most of the men responsible for the decisions then have either died, or lost confidence or changed opinion. To back the point, the reprint should, in an introduction call the attention of the people to the fact that Red sympathizers change tactics and that the U.S.A. should not make a second round of mistakes.

【注】
【1】Anthony Kubek（1920-2003），美國政治學家與作家，喬治城大學博士。
曾任德州費斯科（Frisco）學院教務長與達拉斯大學教授、歷史與政治學系主任，並曾出版多本中國及外交政策相關書籍，包括1963 年的《遠東是怎樣失去的》（How the Far East Was Lost）。
參考：“How the Far East Was Lost: American Policy and the Creation of Communist China, 1941-1949,” Barnes & Noble (book description), accessed Feb. 9, 2023, https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-the-far-east-was-lost-anthony-kubek/1110816362。