Made a couple of calls. Lunch here: Roy Jastram (Internal Revenue); Foster Knight; Dr. Dalupan; Mr. Gomez; Dr. Francisco (3 members of the Dept. of Finance Reorganization Committee). A very intelligent and public-spirited group of Filipinos. Dinner at Ambassador and Mrs. Cowens for Mr. and Mrs. John Foster Dulles. About 150 guests, and buffet supper served on the lawn. I happened to sit with Mr. and Mrs. Day (he is an old-timer here — in the oil business — Lever Bros.). They come from Vermont, and have a home at Orford, New Hampshire just above Hanover. They know the doctors at the Clinic, and love the country. I also met a lot of old friends, Giles Stedman; Ed and Mrs. Rice; etc., etc. Mrs. Cowen is a gracious and good-looking hostess. Mr. Dulles told me that his brother Allan had returned to service
in the C.I.A. as deputy to Gen. Bedell Smith.
Lester Knox Little
(March 20, 1892 — October 27, 1981). The last foreign, and only American, Inspector General of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. His period of service straddled the Republic of China on the mainland and its subsequent flight and reestablishment on the island of Taiwan.
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