Though I received warm praise for my speech, my heart was still heavy, since the break in relations seemed to show that all the efforts of diplomats, including myself, had been in vain. "
中美斷交了，我們擔任外交工作的人都是失敗者，那裡能稱『英雄』！」在中美斷交之前，衡量各種情勢，我方當然還是希望能保持官方關係，因此在許多時候，外交人員少不得需要委屈求全。