A group of 19 members of the World Chinese Traders Conference leave for Tokyo on a 10-day visit.
12. A nine-member goodwill mission from Japan's Kansai Press Association arrives for a five-day visit.
The Chinese delegation to the 20th Olympic Games returns.
14. Mo Sung-nien, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, leaves for Manila to attend the ninth biennial convention of the Federation of the Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
16. Dr. Ku Cheng-kang, chief delegate to the eighth General Assembly of the Asian Parliamentarians' Union, returns from Tokyo.
17. Etsusaburo Shiina, Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's special envoy, arrives for a three-day visit.
Communications Minister Henry Kao leaves for Brazil to attend the second regional meeting of the International Highway Association.
Tourists visiting Taiwan during the first eight months of this year totaled 401,512, an increase of 13.8 per cent over the corresponding period of 1971.
Mayor Yang Tek Sik of Seoul arrives for a three-day visit at the invitation of the Taipei City Government.
18. Gen. Kris Sivara, secretary-general of the National Executive Council of Thailand and deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, arrives for a five-day visit.
He was accompanied by Lt. Gen. Charoea Pongpanich, chief of Thailand's Joint Intelligence Office, and Lt. Col. Pol Poengprasertait.
19. Ku Cheng-kang, chairman of the Committee for the Promotion of Sino-Japanese Cooperation, and five standing members of the committee leave for Tokyo.
20. Vice Adm. Walter H. Baumberger, outgoing commander of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command, leaves for home and retirement after 38 years of military service.
Two medical teams of the Republic of China return from Manila after a month of service in flood-ravaged central Luzon.
22. Senator Eduardo Paz Aguirre and Representative Antonio Marchesano Cota of the Republic of Uruguay arrive for a six-day visit.
George Y.L. Wu, president of the sixth East Asian Insurance Congress, leaves for Malaysia to attend the meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
Delegates to the World Computer Association meeting in the United States return.
They are Fan Kuang-lin, secretary-general of the Republic of China Computer Studies Association, and computer music composer Lin Erh.
23. Dr. Jean Megret, a French agriculturist-economist, arrives for a week's visit.
A group of nine Mongolians residing in the United States and France arrives to attend the World Anti-Communist Patriotic Conference of the Mongolian People of the World.
24. G.I. Uichery, president of Australia's Young Liberals, arrives with a party of seven for a week's visit.
25. Vice Adm. Philip A. Beshany, new commander of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command, arrives to assume office.
Gen. Chang Fa-kuei, a Chinese general of the Sino-Japanese War, returns from Hongkong for a visit.
26. The Anti-Communist Patriotic Congress of the Mongolian People of the World holds a three-day meeting in Taipei.
One hundred and eleven delegates from allover the world attended. Pai Yun-ti, senior political adviser to the President, presided over the opening session.
28. The nation marks Confucius' 2,522nd birthday and Teacher's Day.
The Republic of China's trade with Europe totaled US$385.9 million during the first eight months of this year.
29. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Japan.
A 34-member overseas Chinese mission from Tahiti arrives to attend Double Tenth National Day celebrations.
Harold Soref, a leading member of the British Parliament, arrives for a brief visit.
30. George Friederichs, president of Lions International, arrives for a four-day visit.
Yao Tao-yi, director of the Taiwan Provincial Fishery Bureau, leaves for Guatemala as head of a four-member mission.
The group toured seven Latin American countries for 45 days to offer technical assistance and pro mote cooperation in fisheries.
October 1. A six-man goodwill mission from the National Association of the Republic of Korea arrives for a three-day visit.
Neville George Anthony Maxwell, speaker of the Parliament of Barbados, arrives for a 10-day visit.
A 13-member delegation to the first Asian archery tournament returns from Singapore.
Roy L. Schuyler, vice president and general manager of the Du Pont plastics department, arrives for a two-day visit.
2. Dr. Roberto Gonzalez Casal, director of Uruguay's Foreign Trade Bureau, arrives for a 10-day visit.
3. Armando Yoshida Vaca, new Bolivian ambassador to the Republic of China, arrives to assume office.
Thirty-four members of the International Association for Morality in Industry and Commerce arrive for a four-day visit.
The third World Chinese Tourism Amity Conference is opened in Kaohsiung.
Chu yi-tien, chairman of the Taiwan Visitors Association, presided. Over 160 delegates attended the two-day meeting.
George B. Miller, an official of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, arrives for a four-day visit.
Shih Tsuei-feng and Li Chien-chun leave for Seoul to attend the Second International Folklorists Conference.
4. The World Christian Anti-Communist Association opens its second convention.
More than 200 delegates and observers from 14 countries and areas, including Christian leaders from Australia, Canada, Hongkong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Uganda, United Kingdom, the United States, South Vietnam and the Republic of China attended the five-day meeting.
Brig. Gen. Alvarez, chief of the general staff of Uruguay, arrives for a three-day visit.
5. Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, former President of El Salvador, arrives to attend Double Tenth National Day celebrations.
Spencer J. Schedler, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, arrives for a two-day visit.
D.O. Corvey, staff vice president, materials, RCA, arrives for a week's visit.
The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Togo in West Africa.
Kil Chou-Shik, secretary-general of Korea's ruling Democratic Republican Party, arrives for a week's visit.
William Wilson, a member of the British Parliament, arrives for a visit.
7. Military missions from Thailand, Brazil and the Khmer Republic arrive to attend Double Tenth National Day celebrations.
The Thai mission was headed by Vice Defense Minister Gen. Bulsak Wanamas. The Brazilian mission was led by Chief of the General Staff Gen. Artur Duarte Candal Fonseca. Deputy Chief of the General Staff Maj. Gen. Thongvan Fanmuong was chief of the Khmer Mission.
Rafael Azureo Manchola, chairman of Colombia's Conservative Party Central Committee, arrives to attend Double Tenth National Day celebrations.
8. A four-member Spanish purchasing group headed by A. Vanquez Lopez arrives for a week's visit.
Finance Minister K. T. Li returns after attending a joint meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Washington.
A 40-member Catholic mission leaves for a pilgrimage to the Vatican.
A rugby football team from New Zealand arrives for two exhibition games.
Yushi Watanabe, vice president of All Nippon Labor Federation and chairman of the Japanese Railway Union, arrives to gather opinions of workers on the Japanese government's new relationship with the Chinese Communists.
9. Prime Minister Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV of Western Samoa arrives for a week's visit.
Robert E. Page, UPI vice president and general manager for Asia, arrives for a four-day visit.
10. The Republic of China celebrates its 61st National Day.
Some 250,000 persons, including more than 5,000 overseas Chinese community leaders, attended the mass rally at the Presidential plaza.
U.S. Ambassador Walter P. McConaughy returns from home leave and consultations.