Saturday, 8 November

Hu Shih reported that the American Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed him that President Roosevelt had declared the evacuation of the Marine Corps in Beiping, Tianjin and Shanghai. This gesture was to show its determination. (unclear sentence – please refer to original)

Deputy Consul Zhu cabled that the enemy is preparing to invade Yunnan in the second half of this month.

At 8.00 in the evening, the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang treated the Australian Minister to a banquet.