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Events from day to day

May 01, 1974
Mar. 11. Former Prince Tsunenori Kayo, a cousin of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, arrives for a five-day visit.

Miss Annette London, Miss Good will of West Germany 1973-74, arrives for a four-day visit.

12. Vice President C. K. Yen attends the inauguration of Venezuela President Carlos Andres Perez in Caracas.

Maj. Gen. Richard Ciccolella, ret., arrives for a four-week visit.

13. Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Sayed Omar Sakkaf arrives for a three-day visit.

The first group of 100 women members of the Central American Cultural Mission arrives for a four-day visit.

14. Paul Gibson, chairman of the Asian-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce, arrives to preside over APCAC's annual meeting.

The Executive Yuan approves extension of the Sino-Honduran Farming and Technical Cooperation Agreement for two years.

15. The Asian Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce opens its four-day annual meeting in Taipei.

Seventy-three American business leaders from 11 Asian and Pacific nations take part.

Mr. Ernest Schneider, senior vice president in charge of the Irving Trust Company's International Division, arrives for an eight-day visit.

Director John C. Clark and three other high-ranking officials of the U.S. Export-Import Bank leave after a week of discussions.

16. John K. Tabor, U.S. under secretary of commerce, arrives to participate in dedication of the Taipei U.S. Trade Center.

17. Dr. Harrison S. Brown, vice president of the International Council of Scientific Union and foreign secretary of the U.S. Academy of Sciences, arrives for a five-day visit.

Leo C. de Grijs, senior vice president of the Continental Bank of Chicago, arrives for a four-day visit.

The 14th U.S. Trade Center is opened in Taipei.

Premier Chiang Ching-kuo at tended the opening ceremony at which U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce John Tabor presided.

19. John K. Tabor, U.S. under-secretary of commerce, leaves for Seoul.

Paul McCann, managing director of the Asian and Euro-American Merchant Bank, Singapore, arrives for a three-day visit.

Miss Christy Carter, U.S. Princess Soya 1973-74, arrives with more than 50 members of the Soybean Champions Oriental Tour Group for a three-day visit.

Leon Spierr, West German violinist, arrives for a concert with Mrs. Anna Teng, pianist.

20. Robert S. Scott, assistant director of the U.S. Information Agency, arrives for a three-day visit.

A 24-member student group from colleges and universities leaves for the U.S. on a goodwill visit.

22. Y.T. Wong, director of the Board of Foreign Trade, leaves for Rio de Janeiro to negotiate purchase of soybeans.

24. Henry Kearns, former chairman and president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, arrives for a week's visit.

25. The American Products Exhibition 1974 opens in Taipei.

The Second Museum Conference of the ASPAC Cultural and Social Center opens in Taipei.

Over 20 museum experts from six nations and the Center participated.

Dr. Karl Hongkee, director of the Center, presided.

Premier Chiang Ching-kuo decorates Henry Kearns with the order of Brilliant Star on behalf of President Chiang Kai-shek.

Mayor of Miami Beach Chuck Hall arrives for a ten-day visit.

26. A 15-member journalist mission from Hongkong arrives for a 10-day visit.

A 15-man Spanish commercial mission headed by Enrique Urquiano arrives for a four-day visit.

27. Vice President C.K. Yen returns from a 20-day visit to South America.

He attended the inaugurations of President Carlos Andres Perez of Venezuela and President Ernesto Geisel of Brazil.

Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, USAF, ret., arrives for a 6-day visit.

Doolittle led the first American air raid over Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe during World War II.

A three-day International Briefing Session on Taiwan's booming economy opens in Taipei.

More than 150 Chinese and American investors, industrialists and businessmen participated.

31. Dr. Ku Cheng-kang, honorary chairman of the World Anti-Communist League, leaves for Tokyo to attend an executive council meeting of the Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League.

Apr. 1. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., U.S. assistant secretary of transportation, arrives for a two-day visit.

Thai Minister of State Universities Aroon Sorathesn arrives for an eight-day visit.

He was decorated with the Order of Brilliant Star in recognition of his service to cultural interflow between two countries.

2. Madame Gloria de Lopez Arellano, the First Lady of Honduras, arrives for a six-day visit.

She was accompanied by Foreign Minister and Mrs. Cesar A. Batres and Ambassador to the Republic of China Cescar Mossi Sorto.

4. The 21-member women's national basketball team returns after a tour of the United States and Brazil.

The team won 24 games and lost 6.

5. Governor Thomas L. Judge of Montana arrives for a three-day visit.

Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan and his Honduran counterpart, Cesar A. Batres, sign a fishery technical cooperation agreement.

The Republic of China suspends diplomatic relations with Botswana. U.S. Ambassador and Mrs. Walter P. McConaughy leave Taipei for retirement. He will be succeeded by Ambassador Leonard Unger.

7. Nobuhiko Ushiba, former Japanese ambassador to the United States, arrives after a tour of Southeast Asia.

Miss Kathy Raskin, the American cotton queen, arrives for a four-day visit.

A three-day Kuomintang conference of 200 journalists opens at the Taipei City Hall.

8. Carl Peterson, vice president of Jaycees International, arrives for a three-day visit.

9. Nguyen Van Kieu, newly elevated Vietnamese ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, presents his credentials to Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan.

10. A 14-member Greek commercial mission headed by Remis Hadjisawas, president of the Commercial Agent and Importers Association, arrives on a week's purchasing tour.

Mayor of Taipei Chang Feng-hsu leaves for Honduras to discuss the establishment of sister relations between Taipei and Tegucigalpa.

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