Sunday, 31 August

At 7.30 a.m. Wang Chonghui came to talk. He thought it was possible that Japan might promise the United States that it would discontinue the southern advance, and in return the United States would supply Japan with substantial materials. I still believed the United States would not betray us. Even if the United States was willing to do so, its public opinion would not allow it. With regard to the America-Japan negotiations, it will be clear from Roosevelt’s declaration tomorrow. The Grand Hall of the Nationalist Government was destroyed yesterday, but the Memorial Week service tomorrow will still be held there as the Generalissimo has declared that even if the Nationalist Government is shattered into pieces, the place where the Memorial Week service is held will not change. At 9.30 there was an alarm that sounded until it was cancelled at 3.30 p.m. Yukun’s cousin, Miss Chen, and her female friend took asylum here during the alarm period. I urged Yukun not to receive too many female guests in the hostel as it would arouse gossip outside.