Admiral William M. Fechteler, accompanied by Chief of Staff General Chou Chih-jou and Commander-in-Chief General Sun Li-jen, witnessed maneuvers held in an military base in the northern part of this island.
July 22. Admiral William M. Fechteler left Taiwan after a two-day visit "with a greater sympathy for and clearer understanding of the problems confronting this government than I had when I arrived."
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, US Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, announced that "the US Naval vessels to form a major carrier task force in the Formosan area is exercising this week in the Formosan Straits and its adjacent waters for training and familiarization."
Dr. T. F. Tsiang communicated with the UN Secretariat transmitting Foreign Minister George Yeh's statement declaring that the puppet Communist regime in Peiping has no right whatever to accede in the name of China to the Geneva Convention.
July 23. The US Navy announced that carrier-based Navy jet fighter-bombers maneuvering along the China coast was a warning demonstration of the US Pacific Fleet air power.
July 24. The US Democratic Party's new platform in a foreign policy plank described Taiwan as "a vital outpost of the free world" and pledged continuing economic and military aids to the Chinese National Government.
Maj.-Gen. William C. Chase, chief of MAAG, told the UP correspondent that the training program reached a high state of progress and Free China's armed forces were not only capable of smashing any Red invasion but also fully capable of clamping a blockade on the mainland coast.
The Central Reform Committee of the Kuomintang, in a meeting with President Chiang presiding, adopted a resolution to enforce the "Land Holdings Limitation" program beginning Jan. 1, 1953.
July 25. Admiral Raymond Spruance, US Ambassador to the Philippines, arrived in Taiwan for an over-night visit.
President Chiang received Australia Senator R. J. Armstrong.
Governor K. C. Wu promised that more than 2,000,000 farmers in Taiwan would all own the land they till by the end of next year when the land holdings limitation program would have been accomplished throughout this island.
July 26. Admiral Raymond Spruance, American Ambassador to the Philippines, left Taiwan for Hongkong.
Adlai E. Stevenson won the Democratic presidential nomination with a smashing third ballot victory.
Overseas Chinese in New Zealand cabled President Chiang pledging loyalty to the National Government.
JCRR announced an appropriation of NT$1,141,795 as a subsidy to help the Provincial Land Bureau expedite the preparatory work of the "land holdings limitation" program.
July 27. President Chiang paid a personal call on ailing elder statesman Wu Chi-hui at the Taiwan University Hospital.
General Pai Chung-hsi, leader of the Chinese Islamic League, called on all Moslems to stand together to fight against Communism which aimed at destruction of the Islamic world.
July 28. Education Minister Cheng Tien-fang declared that the Government had approved in principle the idea of the United Board of Christian College to open a Christian university in Taiwan.
Dr. W. Reed, Deputy Chief of the US Federal Bureau of Education, told Education Minister Cheng Tien-fang that the MSA was prepared to give assistance to education, particularly vocational, programs in Free China.
July 29. The US would shortly send additional Marine officers to Taiwan for training Chinese forces in amphibious operations, according to information from Admiral William M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operation.
In an address delivered before the Sino-Japanese Economic and Cultural Association, former Premier Chang Chun called for all-out cooperation between China and Japan with particular reference to the strengthening of cultural and economic ties.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan gave its approval to the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty.
July 30. The Government ordered the Chinese delegated to withdraw from the 18th International Red Cross Conference held in Toronto in protest against its illegal admission of the Peiping puppet regime.
Gen. Wang Shu-ming, Commander-in-Chief of the CAF, returned to Taipei after a six-week tour in the US at the invitation of the USAF.
July 31. The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty was ratified by the Legislative Yuan with a clear-cut majority.
The Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission announced that an important meeting to streamline overseas policies would be held on October 21 in Taipei.
August 1. Dr. J. Heng Liu, Chairman of the Chinese Red Cross Society, charged the Chinese Communist delegation to the International Red Cross Conference held in Toronto with using the Conference for "vicious political propaganda" purposes.
Ex-Premier General Chang Chun warned Japan against wishful thinking about trade with Chinese Reds in an interview with Yoshimori Tachibana, Mainichi shimbun correspondent to Taiwan.
Hsiao Tse-cheng, Kuomintang's spokesman, declared that 1,800,000 farmers in Taiwan would be directly benefited by the land holdings limitation program to be carried out from the beginning of next year.
August 2. Ex-Premier Chang Chun left Taipei for a two-month stay in Japan as President Chiang's personal representative.
Spanish Ambassador Antonio Gullon Gomez arrived in Taipei and called on Foreign Minister George K. C. Yeh to arrange for his presentation of credentials to President Chiang.
Dr. William Fenn, Secretary General of the United Board of Christian Colleges in China, declared that the proposed Christian College would be established in Taiwan by next fall.
Foreign Minister George K. C. Yeh rejected the request of the International Red Cross Conference for the Chinese Government to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the 18th International Red Cross Conference held at Toronto, but he assured that the Chinese Government "will continue to fulfill its obligation under the Geneva Conventions" to which China is a party.
President Chiang signed the ratification of the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty to pave the way for the coming into force of the treaty.
August 3 One hundred and fifteen university students from Taipei arrived at Kingman to share the frontline life with the troops for 3 weeks during their vacation.
Wu Ching-yuan, well-known Chinese chess player, was awarded the honorable title of National Grand Champion eight hours after his arrival to his motherland from Tokyo.
August 4. The Chinese Mission in Japan closed down to pave the way for the establishment of a Chinese Embassy in Japan.
Governor K. C. Wu declared that the Taiwan Provincial Government had appropriated NT$4,500,000 to finance an anti-TB movement.
August 5. The ceremony for the exchange of the ratification instruments of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
August 6. The Chinese Government decided that commercial ships belonging to countries having diplomatic relations with Free China would be allowed to visit Taiwan if they obtain special permits from shipping authorities.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida told General Chang Chun, special envoy of President Chiang, that the US-Japan security agreement would develop into a Pacific alliance.
General Chou Chi-jou, Chief of the General Staff, said the US military assistance program had helped greatly in making defense forces of Taiwan "strong enough to repulse any enemy attack and insure the security of Taiwan."
August 7. Syngman Rhee won a solid popular mandate to continue for four more years as President of South Korea. Ham Tai-yung was elected Vice-President.
Presidential Envoy General Chang Chun assured Japanese Premier Yoshida of the Chinese Government's wholehearted support of Japan's program for trade with SE Asian countries.
Governor K. C. Wu declared at a KMT meeting that the self-government system in Taiwan had made remarkable progress toward representative government.
August 8. The Legislative Yuan approved a government proposal to change the starting date of the fiscal year from the present Jan. 1 to July 1.
Rear Admiral Thomas B. Williamson, Commander of the US Seventh Fleet's Task Force 72, arrived at Taipei for a one-day stay.
Presidential Envoy General Chang Chun called on US Ambassador Robert Murphy at the US Embassy in Tokyo.
Dr. Walfe I. Ladejinsky, American land specialist, anticipated a complete success of the land holdings limitation program.
August 9. Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Japanese elder diplomat, was appointed first postwar Japanese ambassador to China.
MSA Washington authorized a total of US$3,409,000 out of the current China Aid Fund for specific procurement and program expenses during July 1952, the first month of the fiscal year 1953.
President Chiang and a number of high government officials were at the airfield to see Madame Chiang off to Honolulu for a medical treatment.
August 10. The Chinese delegation to the First Highway Meeting to be held at Bangkok, headed by Prof. Sung Hsi-shang, left Taipei for Hongkong en route to Bangkok.
August 11. Three of the eight members of the Japanese goodwill mission, on a SE Asia tour, arrived at Taipei.
Government Spokesman Shen Chang-huan was appointed concurrently Spokesman of the Kuomintang to succeed Hsiao Tze-cheng who became publisher of the Central Daily News.
August 12. Presidential Envoy General Chang Chun declared in Japan that Asian nations under the present circumstances should first seek "existence" rather than "wealth".
Education Minister Cheng Tien-fang declared that an educational reform program would be carried out in Taiwan to raise national spirit, promote production and strengthen military training.
August 13. The Executive Yuan approved Hollington K. Tong as the first Chinese postwar ambassador to Japan.
Presidential Envoy General Chang Chun advised the Japanese people to do more in the cultural field to consolidate the foundation of the new Japan. He also assured Japanese businessmen of full economic cooperation of overseas Chinese communities which have predominant influence in SE Asia.
August 14. In an exclusive interview with President Chiang, Yoshimori Tachibana, Mainichi Shimbun's East Asia Department chief, reported that President Chiang stressed the importance of sincere mutual cooperation between the people of Free China and Japan.
Total MSA-financial commodities arrived in Taiwan during July, the first of the fiscal year 1953, were valued at US$4,740,428, the MSA China Mission announced.
August 15. 963 graduates from middle schools and universities were ordered to report to the Military Academy in Fengshan by August 20 to receive preliminary military training.
The Interior Ministry declared that an insurance program to safeguard the livelihood of public servants of the Central Government would be brought into effect on January 1 next year.
August 16. Some 200 prominent Japanese and foreign dignities in Tokyo gathered at a Chinese Embassy reception in honor of the visiting Presidential Envoy General Chang Chun.
MSA announced the authorization of $100,000 for the procurement of industrial materials for Taiwan under the US Economic Aid program.
Hoh Gun-son, Acting President of the Chinese Athletic Association, asserted that Free China was still the rightful representative to the Olympic games despite all the antagonistic incidents created by the Communist countries.
Dr. J. Heng Liu, Chinese delegate to the International Red Cross Conference held in Toronto, returned to Taipei.
August 17. President Chiang in a formal presidential order appointed Dr. Hollington K. Tung first postwar ambassador to Japan.
Four US Congressmen arrived in Taipei for a two-day visit.
August 18. Chinese Presidential Envoy General Chang Chun warned Japan that trade with the Chinese Reds was "an unattainable golden apple in the mirror."
Foreign Minister George K. C. Yeh in a statement commenting on Communist puppet premier Chou En-Iai's visit to Moscow warned the free world to be on the alert for any possible new aggression by international Communism.
August 19. Senator John Sparkman, US Democratic vice presidential nominee, said that he had a "favorable" impression of President Chiang after meeting him during his visit to Taiwan last December.
Chinese Presidential Envoy General Chang Chun met General Mark Clark at a reception given by the US Far Eastern Commander in his residence in Tokyo.
Four visiting US Republican Congressmen left Taiwan for Hongkong and said that the conditions in Taiwan were encouraging.
August 20. Leading Japanese business men established a Japan-China Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee in Tokyo to strengthen economic ties with Free China and Chinese merchants in SE Asia.
US Congressman Errest P. Scrivner, member of the House Appropriations Committee, Brig-Gen. Robert S. Moore, special assistant to the Defense Secretary, and Carhas D. Orescan, Secretary of the House Appropriation Committee arrived at Taipei to make a survey on matters relating to appropriation under the American Military Aid program.