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| ee “Date ee oe Ee 7 | “March 2 2 1943, at night | Pearl Buck came to Dinner tocether with © * the Aubrey Williams! and Ken and Mary Holland. At the White a “House that is, -I had never seen Pearl-Buck close by and 9: “Bouse her a very alive, fair and “imposing person. Aubrey asked — her about Chiang and she ‘told him that-she thought he was a -.:725 Peally great. can, :rather uncouth, the true type of -a war. lords | “If he had lived a century earlier he would have begun a new... dynasty, after having finished off the old one.. he does not | “believe. that China will develop democratically unless we give a e “very strong txample, —-She Ansista thet up to now China has. “mot been particularly impressed, -: -Jtme Chiang, ‘she. ‘said hes Feely cn wery little idea of the people in ber countrys. Apparently. ahe =. _.b&@s had long and heated discussions with Miss Buck about the ~ “* gubject insisting that ‘what Miss Buck means by people ‘are : eally tne underprivileged, . end after all there are other = ‘people in China", But Miss ‘Buck says she means 85% of - “Chines an “““Snhabitants, She ‘talked again.© &s in her article in the oe , cones some weeks ago abdut the shocking political administration woe irise6 Relief by rather reactionary Americans, And she =. seemed upset that Harry Juee and his group had BO. much” to do =. ‘with the ae tele nents of Moe ‘Chiangs | our, 2h a ‘that the tour would be ror ae rs Ly ito. take the Pesponsidilit his strenucas peneduis, ae 7 "Mies Buck was quite sure that” “the: ‘only: way ‘to get ‘ne toa re bo such curtailment would veto: prove to” her that she wo SEE harm China’? she made a pwing thru the ~ ‘ks very possible. yeu Stes nab eR hes When I went to the aypar rtment® “for oa toda oday, “tommy was quite. 4 “upset about-the latest: plece of . dnformation frou the State Gepartment, “Harry Hopkins apparently had given orders that = gene was to be managed by hin alone while. in Washingt: obody else, tirs, Re Looked ‘grim, 223°: Be After dinner ‘ors,’ ‘Re and her guests: ‘went “$0: ‘i moet Bethune and..J:steyed with Ken and and Mery, ith eens ‘eome back and take the train to wow York with me on: me, Pressed about his ey 3 y