14. David M. Kennedy, former U.S. secretary of the treasury, and a 32-member trade delegation de part after giving assurances of increased trade and investments.
15. Hsueh Yu-chi, new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, leaves to assume office.
A 40-member trade mission leaves for a 24-day tour of Mideast countries.
16. Premier Chiang Ching-kuo inspects construction of the Tainan Fengshan section of the North-South Freeway.
Dr. Ma Hsin-yeh, chairman of the board of directors of the Central News Agency, is re-elected chairman of the China Society of Journalism.
17. The fifth plenary session of the Provincial Assembly opens at Wufeng near Taichung in central Taiwan.
Chu Fu-sung, ambassador to the Republic of Korea, presents his credentials to President Park Chung Hee.
Maj. Gen. Carl W. Hoffman, commanding the U.S. Third Marine Amphibious Force, arrives Taipei for a three-day visit.
19. T. S. Tung, new ambassador to the Dominican Republic, leaves for Santo Domingo.
The Vienna Boys' Choir arrives for its eighth visit.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Chang-huan meets with Yamandu de Elia, president of the Association of Banks of Uruguay, and William Walter Rosso, general manager of the Uruguyan Central Bank.
Li Li-hua, dowager queen of Chinese moviedom, arrives to star in a TV drama.
20. Diplomats of Taipei go to central Taiwan for three days at the invitation of Governor Hsieh Tung-min.
The East-West Cross-Island Highway is reopened after repair of damage caused by landslides.
21. Kao Cheng is named minister and charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Tonga.
Chinese officials stationed in Phnom Penh return to Taipei.
Dr. Albert M. J. Parisis, deputy speaker of the Belgian House of Representatives, arrives for a week's visit.
22. A 24-member German Chinese Association mission arrives from Berlin for a week's visit.
Tang Ching-hsuan, new ambassador to Honduras, and Konsin C. Shah, Chinese consul-general in New York, leave for their posts.
Cliff Y.C. Louie, president of China Airlines, returns from the Pacific Area Travel Association convention in Sydney.
Sheldon E. Boege, new resident vice president of the First National City Bank of New York, arrives with his wife and two children.
A 45-member overseas Chinese teachers' mission from Thailand arrives for a two-week visit.
23. The Youth Cup track and field meet opens in Taipei with 2,200 athletes competing in 30 events.
Mayor Chang Feng-shu leaves for San Francisco-Taipei sister city ceremonies in the U.S.
William L. Dafoe Jr. is appointed manager of the Bank of America's Taipei branch.
24. Vice President C.K. Yen receives Howard Blauveer, chairman of the board, and John Morris, president, of Continental Oil Co., which is prospecting for oil off Taiwan.
Vice Admiral George P. Steele, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, arrives at Keelung aboard his flag ship USS Oklahoma City for a three-day visit.
Dr. Chien Fu, director-general of the Government Information Office, returns from a five-week visit to the United States.
25. Vice President C.K. Yen receives Juan Maria Bordaberry, eldest son of Uruguayan President J.M. Bordaberry.
26. Dr. Lien Chan, new ambassador to El Salvador, leaves for his post.
Golden Bell awards for radio and television programs are presented by the Government Information Office.
Artist Cheng Man-ching dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 75.
28. King Khalid Ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdul Aziz receive cables of good wishes from President Chiang Kai-shek and Premier Chiang Ching-kuo.
29. The Bank of America celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Taipei branch.
The Sixth National Skill Contest gets under way in Taipei and Kaohsiung with 1,713 craftsmen and technicians competing.
Paul H. Nitze, former deputy secretary of defense of the United States, arrives for a four-day visit.
Twenty members of the Japanese Liberal-Democratic Party led by Masashi Yamazaki arrive for a brief visit.
Representative Otto Passman of Louisiana arrives for a five-day visit.
31. An exhibition of Taiwan-made machinery opens in Taipei.
April 1. Daylight savings time begins.
The Central News Agency marks its 51st anniversary.
A 26-member mission of overseas Chinese from Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and Nagoya arrives for a three-day visit.
2. Hung Wan, overseas Chinese leader in Japan, receives a citation from the Kuomintang Central Committee.
3. S. K. Chow, minister without portfolio, leaves for Riyadh to express the condolences of the Chinese government in the death of King Faisal.
The Free China Relief Association marks its 25th anniversary.
5. President and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek dies at 11:50 after a heart attack an hour and a half earlier.
Madame Chiang, the widow, Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, the elder son, and other family members were at the bedside. The Republic of China's five-time President was 87 years old.
Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan receives U.S. Ambassador Leonard Unger for a 90-minute exchange of views on Indochina.
6. Yen Chia-kan, Vice President of the Republic of China since 1966, takes the oath of office as the nation's second constitutional President.
President Yen issued a statement calling upon the people to dedicate themselves to President Chiang's unfinished task of mainland recovery.
President Chiang's Last Will and Testament calls upon the people to persevere in the face of adversity and double their efforts to complete the National Revolution.
7. A 21-member Funeral Committee of the nation's leaders announces plans for a National Memorial Service for President Chiang April 16 and the temporary enshrinement of the body at Tzu Hu in Taoyuan County west of Taipei pending a National Funeral and entombment at Nanking.
8. Free world leaders express their condolences to Madame Chiang and the government over the death of President Chiang Kai-shek.
9. The body of President Chiang Kai-shek is taken from the Veterans General Hospital in Shihpai to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.
Huge crowds lined the 10-mile route. Many mourners made offerings to the soul of the departed leader. The casket was placed on a catafalque and opened. Members of the family and the nation's leaders paid their respects.
10. More than a quarter of a million people file by the body of President Chiang as it lies in state at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.