Vietnamese Minister-Charge d'Affaires Nguyen Van Kieu presents a Kim Khaing medal to General Hu Lien, former Chinese ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam.
Miss Alice Herrington, president of the Friends of Animals Inc. in the United States, presents a letter of appreciation to Interior Minister Lin Chin-sheng.
12. Miss Tam Mei-lien, Chosen as Princess Golden Dragon by the Overseas Chinese Youths' Association in Sydney, arrives in Taipei for a week's visit.
13. Dr. Lo Tsung-chueh is appointed chief of the Chinese Agricultural and Technical Mission to the Republic of Vietnam.
Lai Ming-tang, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, decorates outgoing U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Barry J. Shilito with the Order of Cloud and Banner.
14. A 12-member U.S. industrial and trade mission led by former Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson arrives in Taipei for a week's visit.
H.V. Larsen, deputy director of the U.S. Defense Security Assistance Agency, arrives for a three day visit.
15. Dr. Haydn Williams, president of the Asia Foundation, and Mrs. Williams arrive for a three-day visit.
Admiral Soong Chang-chih, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Navy, presents the Naval Achievement Medal to Lt. Jack D. Moyers of the Sino-American Joint Operations Center.
Mayor Chang Feng-hsu of Taipei returns from Guam after a five-day visit.
The Republic of China Chapter of the International Advertising Congress holds its annual meeting in Taipei.
16. Fifty winners of "Good Persons Good Deeds" awards for 1972 receive their citations at the Taipei City Hall.
Robert E. Page, vice president of United Press International, arrives for a three-day visit.
The Republic of China Chapter of the Japanese Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Association is inaugurated.
17. Five Chinese agriculturists leave for Jakarta for a six-week survey tour on land utilization.
18. National Assemblyman Liu Chieh-chou leaves for the United States to attend President Nixon's inauguration.
Clement C. P. Chang, deputy speaker of the Taipei City Council, leaves on a six-month visit to the United States.
Taisuke Fujishima, a Japanese writer, arrives for a week-long visit.
19. President Chiang Kai-shek sends congratulations to President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew on the occasion of their inauguration.
The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Dahomey.
20. U.S. Representative W.C. Daniel and his wife arrive to attend the World Freedom Day rally.
21. Victor H. Krulak, vice president of the Copley Press Inc. and president of the Copley News Service, arrives for a three-day visit.
22. H.R.H. Prince Tuipelehake, C.B.E., prime minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, arrives for a week's visit.
23. A mass rally is held in Taipei to mark World Freedom Day. Over 18,000 representatives and anti-Communist leaders of the free world attended the mass meeting at the China Sports & Cultural Center. Foreign representatives included U.S. Representative W.C. Daniel; British MP Geoffrey Stewart-Smith; Raimund Guerrero, WACL chairman; John M. Mothepu, minister of state of Lesotho; Gen. Praphan Kulappchitr, chairman of WACL's Thai chapter; and Maurice Lesage, Mauritian congressman.
24. Vice President C.K. Yen leaves for the United States to attend memorial services for President Lyndon B. Johnson.
A technical cooperation agreement is signed by the Republic of China and the Khmer Republic.
Loo Kuo-hua, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Federation of Labor; Wu Pi-en, president of the Taiwan Federation of Labor; and Kao Kuang-yu, TFL secretary, leave on a visit to Tokyo.
A 46-member mission from the Japanese Community Newspapers Association arrives for a four-day visit.
25. Dr. Ceferino Medina Castillo, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Venezuelan Senate, arrives for an eight-day visit.
26. Mah Soo-lay, board chairman of the Broadcasting Corporation of China, leaves for Tokyo to head the East Asia Relations Association office in Japan.
A seven-member Chinese Moslem mission led by Shih Wan-ying returns from a month-long pilgrimage to Mecca.
Miss Tu Ah-yu, winner of the Philippine Amateur Women's Golf Championship, returns from Manila.
28. Roy D. Chapin Jr., board chairman of the American Motors Corporation, arrives for a three-day visit.
29. The Korean First City Bank women's basketball team leaves for home after a two-week tour.
30. The Republic of China suspends diplomatic relations with the Republic of Zaire.
Nguyen Van Hao, director of the National Economic Development Fund of South Vietnam, arrives to sign a US$5 million loan contract with the Chinese government.
An 11-member Chinese judo team returns after a two-week tour of Singapore, Thailand and Hongkong.
31. President Chiang Kai-shek names Johnson Cheng Chinese ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland.
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago opens its Taipei branch.
Feb. 1. One hundred and four members of the National Assembly and the Legislative Yuan, 20 mayors and magistrates and the 73 members of the fifth Taiwan Provincial Assembly are sworn in.
Vice President C.K. Yen returns from the United States.
6. Kuo Chi, secretary-general of the Planning Commission for the Recovery of the Mainland, leaves for Tokyo to attend the second meeting of chapter secretaries-general of the Asian Parliamentarians Union.
8. A 16-member trade mission from Sao Paulo, Brazil, headed by Oscar Camargo arrives for a four-day visit.
Dr. Arthur S. Bush, an energy expert of the International Executive Service Corps, arrives to serve as adviser to the Energy Policy Committee of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
9. H.E. Hisham Muhiuddin Nazer, state minister of Saudi Arabia, and Madame Nazer arrive for a four-day visit.
John Huang, Chinese ambassador to Panama, leaves for his post after more than a month of home consultations.
10. A five-member mission of the Chinese Mine Workers Union headed by Lo Wen-shen leaves for a week's visit to Seoul.
The first members of a 22-man U.S. industrial mission arrive to explore trade and investment opportunities.
11. The 17th international Edison birthday celebration is held in Taipei.
More than 3,000 Chinese and foreign representatives took part in a mass rally at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Some 60 foreign guests included Walker L. Cisler, chairman of the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation of the United States, and Miss Madeleine Edison Sloane, great granddaughter of the scientist.
Charles Ford, secretary-general of the U.S. International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation, arrives for a short visit.
Major Gen. David H. Baker (ret.), director, Office of Export Development, U.S. Department of Commerce, arrives for a week's visit.