建国初期，张闻天同志曾担任我国驻苏大使4年。在苏期间，他主张外交人员代表国家，参加涉外活动既不能过于寒酸，但也决不能摆“穷阔气”。他本人生活俭朴，公私分明。当时使馆不同于国内，实行的是工资制，他建议降低使馆工作人员的工资，倡议大家交纳房租。张闻天同志到外地 In the early days of the founding of New China, Comrade Zhang Wentian served as our ambassador to the Soviet Union for four years. During the Soviet period, he advocated that diplomatic personnel should represent the country and that foreign affairs should not be too shabby, but they should never be “poorer.” He is frugal in his life and has a clear public-private relationship. At that time, the embassy was different from China in that it employed a wage system. He suggested reducing the salaries of the embassy staff and recommending that everyone pay rent. Zhang Wentian comrades to the field