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(4)白求恩到达了晋察冀军区司令部的所在地——松岩口。他们正要进村,一个手持红缨枪的孩子,神气地跳到路中间喝问:“哪儿去?有路条吗?”白求恩笑着下马,对童秘书说:“看样子还得办点外交呢!”
(4) Bethune arrived at Songyankou, the location of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military District Headquarters. As they were about to enter the village, a child wielding a red-tasselled spear jumped spiritedly into the middle of the road and demanded: “Where are you going? Do you have a travel pass?” Bethune dismounted with a smile and said to Secretary Tong, the interpreter, “It seems we’ll need to do a bit of diplomacy!”

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