12. Also marking Arbor Day, nationwide tree planting ceremonies are held on the 54th anniversary of the death of Founding Father Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Colonel van Lanschot, president of the World Veterans Federation, arrives for a six-day visit.
Dr. Gabriel Raoul Berret, minister of planning of the Republic of Haiti, leaves after a seven-day visit.
Ambassador Francisco Anselmo Guzman Acosta of the Dominican Republic presents his credentials to Foreign Affairs Minister Y.S. Tsiang.
13. The Public and Private Primary School Athletic Meet is held at Nankang Primary School in Taipei.
A ritual commemorating the 876th anniversary of the birth of the Chinese hero Yueh Fei is held at the Yueh Wang Temple in Jenteh Village, Tainan county.
14. Dieter Heckelmann, vice president of West Berlin University, arrives for a four-day visit.
15. Robert J. Gressen, president of GTE Communication Products, arrives for a four-day visit.
A 20-member United Nation Association-U.S.A. National Policy Panel led by William Hewitt arrives for a three-day visit.
The Executive Yuan approves the appointment of Wu Chih-feng, 59, of Hupei, director of the National Bureau of Standards as the new vice chairman of the Research Development and Evaluation Commission.
16. Dr. F. Don James, president of Central Connecticut State College, arrives for a visit.
Dr. Robert C.T. Lee and Chang Hsun-shwen are sworn in as chairman and vice chairman of the Council for Agricultural Planning and Development.
17. The Council for Agricultural Planning and Development holds its first meeting.
General Wu Yueh, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force, presents CAF wings to Rear Adm. J.B. Linder, commander of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command, as an expression of friendship.
18. Dr. Juan Manuel Castulovich, vice minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Panama, arrives for a seven-day visit.
Wesley Paul, 9, boy wonder of long distance running, arrives from the United States to join in jogging contests sponsored by the Wesley Paul Jogging Club.
19. Judicial Minister P.L. Dlamini of Swaziland arrives for a week's visit.
20. Postal personnel celebrate the 32nd Postal Day and hear a message from Communications Minister Lin Chin-sheng.
President Chiang Ching-kuo receives Francisco Anselmo Guzman Acosta and accepts his letter of Credence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic.
21. President Chiang Ching-kuo meets with leaders of the minority Young China Party and Democratic Socialist Party to exchange views on matters of national interest.
John T. Cullen, executive vice president and director of the Allied Stores Corporation, arrives on a business trip.
22. Emile Buyse, president of 20th Century-Fox International, arrives for a visit.
24. Two top officials of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Douglas D. Danforth and Gordon C. Hurlbert, arrive for a goodwill call and business visit.
President Zubeir of the Arabian University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia arrives for a four- day visit.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Fredrick F. Chien leaves on a week's visit to the Middle East.
25. Artists mark the Fine Arts Festival with a reception at the Chinese Officers' Club in Taipei.
26. The Asian Confederation of Credit Unions holds its 4th Biennial General Meeting and the Asian Regional Credit Union Management Development Seminar in Taipei.
H.E. Hisham M. Nazer, minister of planning of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a four-day visit.
The state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corporation raises prices of oil products by an average of 9 percent effective immediately.
Minister of State K.T. Li returns home from a visit to the Middle East.
28. President Chiang Ching-kuo receives 165 youth representatives at his office and gives a reception for them.
George F. Knapp, president of ITT World Communication Inc., arrives for a two-day visit.
Lt. Gen. Don Rafael Rodriguez Palaciois, chief of the joint staff of the armed forces of the Republic of Ecuador, arrives for a week's visit.
29. A rally celebrating Youth Day is held at the Provincial Taichung Stadium in Taichung with 25,000 participating.
President Chiang Ching-kuo and Vice President Shieh Tung-min pay their respects to the nation's war dead at the Martyrs Shrine at Tachih.
30. The Sino-Japanese Mainland Affairs Seminar opens at the Civil Aeronautics Administration Building in Taipei with 80 Chinese and Japanese mainland affairs experts participating.
31. Taiwan Power Company signs a US$99.7 million syndicated loan with 20 international banks and financial institutions to help finance its third nuclear power plant.
Apr. 1. Vice Foreign Minister H.K. Yang leaves for a week's visit to the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Valentin Solorzano Fernandez, minister of economic affairs of the Republic of Guatemala, arrives for an eight-day visit.
Z.D. Bonner, chairman of Gulf Oil Chemicals Company of Houston, arrives for a brief visit.
2. Ambassador Sampson Shen returns from the Republic of Colombia for home consultations. Korean Foreign Minister Park Tong Jin arrives for a two-day visit.
Commander-in-chief of the Guatemalan air force Colonel Carlos Augusto Morales Villatoro arrives for a visit.
Dr. Hussein Abdul-Razzak Al-Jazairi, minister of sanitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a visit to discuss future cooperation between the two countries.
Costa Rican Liberal Party leader Armando Araul Aguilar arrives for a six-day visit.
3. A Sino-Korean geological work shop opens in Taipei with over 60 geologists attending.
President Chiang Ching-kuo orders elevation of Kaohsiung from the status of a city under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan Provincial Government to a city under jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan effective from July 1.
4. General Victor Castillo Suarez, chief of the joint staff of the armed forces of the Republic of Bolivia, arrives for a week's visit.
Jean Pierre Gouzy, chairman of the European Journalists Association, arrives for a week's visit.
Children's Day is marked with a rally of 2,200 at the Jung Hsing Garden in Taipei.
Eighteen overseas Chinese leaders from the United States open a two-day conference in Taipei to demonstrate their support of the government.
5. Tomb sweeping Day and the fourth anniversary of the passing of President Chiang Kai-shek are marked in Chinese communities throughout the world.
Buenuventura Caviglia Campora arrives to become the Republic of Uruguay's first ambassador in the Republic of China.
7. Chen Lan-kuo, chairman of the Taiwan Power Company, leaves for the United States on a month's trip.
Sheikh Abdulwahhab Abdulwafie, minister of pilgrimage and endowments of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a four-day visit.
Economic Affairs Minister Chang Kwang-shih leaves for the United States on a two-week visit.
A goodwill mission from Taipei's newest sister city, Phoenix, Arizona, arrives for a four-day visit.
Robert Mbaya, registrar of the University of Malawi, arrives for a seven-day visit.
8. Joseph J. Healy, president of the Flying Tigers, arrives in Taipei on an inspection trip.
Led by Peter Petersen, seven West German parliamentarians arrive for a week's visit.
9. El Salvador's Dr. Jose Antonio Rodriguez Porth, minister of foreign affairs; Eduardo Reyes, minister of economic planning and coordination; and Jose Rutilio Aguilera Carreras, minister of agriculture and pasturage, arrive for an eight-day visit.
President Chiang Ching-kuo visits the Taiwan Machinery Show.
10. Taiwan Governor Lin Yang-kang receives 18 leaders and representatives of overseas Chinese benevolent associations in the United States.