Tuesday, 29 February

Heavy snow

At 11.30 a.m., I studied Russian.

The British broadcast said the Japanese Cabinet meeting had decided to stop Sunday rest and also places of entertainment. Probably this is the result of the recent attack by the American navy in the Pacific, and Japan’s loss of that battle. Our country’s public opinion agreed with the policy proclaimed by the American navy.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent me a telegram about recent news. It mentioned the Red Army Festival and newspapers like the editorial of Sao Dang Bao praised the Red Army. Today Soviet newspapers published that the Soviet Ambassador at Chongqing had a banquet today and many important people were present. The said newspaper also declared that this piece of news arrived late, so perhaps the Generalissimo’s telegram arrived late too.