Anglican Bishop
Norman S. Binsted

This afternoon I met Bishop Norman Binsted of the local Anglican congregation, a white-haired, pleasant, polite, and even jolly gentleman who spent 26 years in Japan and speaks the language. He hopes to get some medicines to American prisoners, and I was recommended as a purchasing agent. He related that after the Japanese entered Manila, 30 of them were sent to search the High Commissioner's office. Knowing that Claude Buss^† kept a diary, the Bishop tried to retrieve it, but the door was locked. His account of the search left me cold — they searched pictures, walls, and even the Bishop's clothes after he had taken them off! Naturally, they took the diary. Now I am looking for better hiding places for my diary notebooks.

^† Executive Assistant to the US High Commissioner, Philippine Commonwealth, Francis B. Sayre