At a press conference held at Taipei Adlai Stevenson declared that the progress made by Free China could be considered "the most important historical accomplishment of many years if not many centuries in the Far East" and described Taiwan as an "essential part of the Pacific defense of the free world."
March 22. Lieut.-Gen. Franklin A. Hart, US Marine Commander in the Pacific, arrived in Taipei for a three-day inspection tour in Free China.
March 24.The New York World-Telegram of the Scripps-Howard chain reported a two-hour interview given by President Chiang to its Chairman of the Executive Committee Roy Howard in Taipei, in which the President said that the best way to break the Korean military stalemate is the formation of an anti-Communist military alliance under the leadership of the United States.
President Chiang in a Presidential mandate appointed Dr. Wen Yuan-ning, Chinese Ambassador to Greece, as Envoy Plenipotentiary to attend the coronation of the King of Iraq.
Lieut.-Gen. Franklin A. Hart, Commander of US Marines in the Pacific, said that the Chinese Marine Corps is comparable to the US Marine Corps in spirit and organization.
March 25. President Chiang granted an audience to General Mark Clark, UN Commander in Korea, who arrived in Taipei for a round of military conferences with Chinese and American high-ranking officers. President Chiang sent a cable to Turkish President Gelal Bayar expressing Free China's sympathy toward the Turkish victims who suffered in the recent earthquakes.
March 26. In a statement issued before his departure from Taipei General Mark Clark described Free China as a great military potential in the Far East.
Lieut.-Gen. John O'Daniel, Commander of US ground forces in the Pacific, arrived in Taipei for a four-day familiarization tour.
March 27. The Legislative Yuan by a majority vote ratified the Sino-Spanish Treaty of Amity signed in Madrid on February 10.
The UN International Children's Emergency Fund Executive Board approved the allocation of US$30,000 to Free China for child welfare services and training in Taiwan.
March 28. In a stirring message issued on the eve of Youth Day President Chiang emphasized the role played by Chinese youth in the struggle for national survival.
The Japanese Industrial Trade and Industry Ministry announced the conclusion of a contract for the purchase of 250,000 tons of Taiwan sugar.
Colonel G. Guillermaz, French Military Attache in Bangkok and outstanding authority on Indo-China, arrived in Taipei for a series of meetings with top-level Chinese military authorities.
March 29. President Chiang in a brief address before the meeting of youths who gathered for the celebration of Youth Day urged them to dedicate themselves to the cause of freedom and the overthrow of the Communist tyranny on the mainland.
After her nine-day visit to Free China Miss Fanny F. Holtzmann, American lawyer of international fame and one-time adviser to the Chinese delegation at the UN, told the Hongkong Standard that President Chiang is "a man of faith and destiny" and she was deeply impressed by the achievements of various economic and health projects on the island of Taiwan.
Premier Chen Cheng in a speech on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the inauguration of constitutional government in China indicated that there is room for improvement in the governmental administration despite the progress made in the past three years under his premiership.
March 30. Lieut.-Gen. John O'Daniel, Commander of US ground forces in the Pacific, left Taipei for Hongkong and said that he was impressed by the physical condition of the Chinese soldiers and their fighting quality and spirit.
March 31. MSA China Mission announced that a total of 834,410 m.t. of aid supplies valued at US$93,248,147 was imported into Taiwan during 1952.
April 1. China and Thailand extended for another year as from April, 1953, the provisional agreement on air transportation between the two countries.
April 2. American Ambassador Karl L. Rankin presented his credentials to President Chiang.
April 3. President Chiang in a Good Friday message called upon Chinese Christians to copy Christ's spirit of sacrifice to fight for the victory of freedom and democracy and His revolutionary spirit to shoulder the responsibilities of social reform.
American Ambassador Karl L. Rankin assured Free China that there would not be a "sell out" of Free China even if an armistice should be signed in Korea.
MSA China Mission announced that its supplies imported into Taiwan during March were estimated at US$12,000,000 in value. representing the highest monthly total since the establishment of the China Mission on the island.
April 4. Lieut.-Gen. Leon W. Johnson, Commander of the US Air Forces in charge of continental air defense, arrived in Taipei.
April 5. The Chinese Overseas Affairs Com. mission urged all Chinese residing abroad to intensify their economic sanction against the Communist puppet regime on the mainland.
April 6. Dr. Chiang Mon-lin, Chairman of the JCRR, urged coordination between industry and agriculture on this island, pointing out that an increase in agricultural production would bring more foreign exchange, while an increase in industrial production would save foreign exchange spending.
April 7. MSA announced the authorization of US$902,000 for economic assistance to Taiwan.
Rear Admiral Thomas B. Williamson, Commander of the US Task Force 72, arrived in Taiwan for a one-week visit.
Island-wide air defense maneuvres were held in Taiwan.
April 8. Manuel Adeva, Philippine Minister to Free China, declared in a press conference held at Manila that Free China's return to the Chinese mainland is "not only a possibility but a certainty."
Cheng Pao-nan, Chinese representative in the UN Human Rights Commission, charged Russia with violating human rights and practicing genocide.
The Legislative Yuan in a resolution upheld an earlier bill entitling civilian defendants in a military court to the right of defense counsel.
April 9. President Chiang in a Presidential mandate appointed Miao Chao-feng as Chinese delegate to the International Telecommunications Conference
Chinese Ambassador to Spain James Yu on behalf of President Chiang Kai-shek awarded Generalissimo Franco Francisco the Chinese Order of the Propitious Clouds.
April 10. The Executive Yuan at its 286th meeting resolved to accept the resignation of K. C. Wu from his post as Governor of Taiwan and appointed O. K. Yui as his successor.
April 11. Robert D. Murphy, US Assistant Secretary of State and former US Ambassador to Japan, arrived in Taipei on a two-day visit.
April 12. Lieut. Gen. John O'Daniel, Commander of US ground forces in the Pacific, left Taipei for Hongkong after concluding his inspection of the Army of Free China:
April 13. JCRR announced the appropriation of NT$4,325,340.69 and US$80,000 during the month of March for assistance in the implementation of 27 rural reconstruction projects in Taiwan.
April 15. Acting Secretary of the Philippine National Defense Castelo announced that the Philippine Navy would pay a goodwill visit to Free China sometime in May.
Lewis K. Gough, National Commander of the American Legion, urged the US Government to give military and economic support to any projected invasion of the Chinese main. land by Free China.
April 16. President Chiang sent a message to the Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League on the occasion of its third anniversary to praise the League for boosting the morale of the soldiers and the people.
O. K. Yui formally took over the provincial administration.
April 17. In a brief speech in commemoration of the third anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League Madame Chiang Kai-shek declared that Free China's three-year struggle has turned Taiwan into the strongest anti-Communist bastion in the Far East.
The Chinese Overseas Affairs Commission sent cables to all overseas organizations urging them to apply the strictest economic sanction against the Chinese Reds.
April 18. Foreign Minister George Yeh emphatically denied the press reports that reinforcements from Taiwan kept on arriving in northern Burma for the Chinese Anti-Communist National Salvation Army.
In a debate on the Burmese complaint against the Republic of China in the UN Assembly's Political Committee, T. F. Tsiang maintained that the Chinese Government had been exercising no control over the Anti-Communist
National Salvation Army there, but the Chinese Government was willing to cooperate in the settlement of this problem.
US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles denied that the US Government was contemplating a proposal for a UN trusteeship over Formosa as part of a Korean settlement.
New Governor of Taiwan O. K. Yui assumed his concurrent post as Commander of the Peace Preservation Corps in Taiwan.
April 19. US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles declared that the, new administration had vastly improved US relations with the Chinese National Government on Taiwan during the first ninety days since President Eisenhower assumed office.
April 20. President Chiang Kai-shek told the visiting Detroit businessmen that China welcomes American private investments and technical assistance in Taiwan.
General Yu Ta-wei, Deputy Chairman of the Council of United States Aid, returned to Taipei for a few week's visit.