Thursday, 26 January

Fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Yiwei year

Again, Miss Catherine Wu brought her friend to have lunch at our restaurant, and she made an appointment with me to meet Mr. Jaeger.

Bulganin wrote to Eisenhower, suggesting that both sides agree to a non-aggression pact. I am afraid that America could not easily agree, and at the same it was not easy to turn the offer down firmly. It was perhaps hard for America to deal with.