Sunday, 23 January

Sun

The weather is still not very good, so I did not go out for a walk. (I practiced calligraphy) by copying Liqibei and Zhong You ‘s Xuanshitie.

The German broadcast said that the Soviet Government has ordered Alexander Werth to leave the Soviet Union immediately. The reason is that he investigated the killing of the Polish military officers in Katyn, he interviewed the villagers without government permission, and what they said was against Soviet Union’s wishes. Werth was the B.B.C. and Sunday Times representative and the President of the Joint Association of British and American reporters. If there is an order to expel him, this is certainly not triggered by any trivial matter. I am afraid this is a gesture towards Britain. The Allied victory is around the corner, and now such a fracture has appeared amongst the Allies, and there is deterioration day by day. I feel very bad about this.

Last night I dreamt that I was with mother and an unknown girl shopping in a market.