July 11, 1948

ONLY a foolish man or a remarkably learned one will write a book about China for the next few years. After "The United States and China," there's not much left to say I can't remember another volume which holds, packed so tightly, as much scholarly information about a single subject.

Handling by the Office of International Trade of export licenses for chemicals continues a "sore spot" among exporters here, both on the grounds of difficulty in obtaining licenses and the "low-price views" which were said to govern OIT in the granting of licenses.

Illus with family, Rhodes

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