17. President Chiang Kai-shek cables the nation's congratulations to President John F. Kennedy on American astronaut Gordon Cooper's space flight.
Kao Hsin, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, urges the Indonesian government to pay compensation for riot losses suffered by overseas Chinese.
20. China extends de jure recognition to the government of the Republic of Togo.
President Chiang appoints Wang Kunchi as Chinese ambassador to the. Malagasy Republic.
The 771 refugees from Hongkong and Macao resettled by the Free China Relief Association between June 27 and December 26, 1962, mark the first anniversary of their flight from Communism.
21. Yu Ta-wei, minister of national defense, concludes a six and a half week visit to Washington and leaves for home.
Rear Admiral Jack P. Monroe, commander of U.S. Naval Forces in the Philippines, arrives for a five-day visit.
22. The 41-member Royal Thai National Defense College team, led by Lt. Gen. Boridon Chlacharitte, concludes a six-day visit.
23. A 13-member Korean National War College mission headed by Maj. Gen. Lee Kyung Huen arrives for a six-day visit.
24. James Shen, director of the Government Information Office, reaffirms that recovery of the Chinese mainland remains the established policy of the Republic of China.
Pierre Salade, new French charge d'affaires; arrives to assume his post.
The population of Taiwan reaches 11,612,080 as of the end of March. Males totaled 5,954,972, females 5,657,108.
26. The diplomatic corps honors President and Madame Chiang Kai-shek at an annual dinner party.
27. Hsu Shao-chang, vice minister of foreign affairs, tells legislators the government is doing its best to protect overseas Chinese in Indonesia.
Yang Shao-heng, former Communist juggler who defected in the Sudan early in May, arrives and receives a rousing welcome.
28. Hon Sui Sen, chairman of the Economic
Development Board of Singapore, arrives for a six-day visit.
30. The Executive Yuan appoints Hsu Shao-chang as ambassador to Brazil, Chu Fu-sung as political vice minister, Yang His-kun as administrative vice foreign minister, and Daniel Yu-tang Lew as ambassador to New Zealand.
Louis Ignacio-Pinto, Dahomey ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, arrives for a six-day visit.
31. The Legislative Yuan approves the 1964 general budget of the national government.
Turkish Ambassador Turget Aytug and E1 Salvador Ambassador Walter Peneke present their credentials to President Chiang Kai-shek.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangkok Han Lih-wu returns to help in preparations for the June 5-8 state visit of Thailand's King and Queen.
June 1. Announcement is made that the Republic of China will be represented at international trade fairs in Lima, Peru, and West Berlin in October.
2. The Third Taiwan Provincial Assembly, elected April 28, is sworn in.
3. General Huang Chieh, governor of Taiwan, tells 72 newly elected provincial assemblymen that his administration is doing its best to develop natural resources and expedite achievement of a self-sustaining economy.
4. Louis Ignacio-Pinto, Dahomey ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, says before his departure that President Hubert Maga of Dahomey intends to pay a state visit to the Republic of China.
President Chiang Kai-shek cables his condolences to the Vatican on the death of Pope John XXIII.
5. Two hundred thousand Taipei residents turn out to greet Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit on their arrival for a four-day state visit.
8. King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand leave for Bangkok.
9. The Taiwan Provincial Government discloses it will construct six reservoirs to provide more irrigation water for rice paddies.
The South China Morning Post of Hongkong reports a series of uprisings against the Chinese Communists by racial minorities in Sinkiang.
10. Rear Admiral De Scitivaux De Dreische, commander of the French Maritime Force in the Pacific, arrives for an eight-day visit.
11. Rear Admiral Pei Yu-feng, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, warns that the Chinese Communists are turning Hainan island into a base of aggression.
12. A three-member Liberian goodwill mission, headed by House Speaker Richard Abram Henries, arrives for a week's visit.
15. China and Liberia sign a cultural accord in Taipei.