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Events from day to day

August 01, 1971
June 18. Wang Tih-wu, publisher of the United Daily News, and Ting Wei-tung, director of the China News, return from Europe after attending the General Assembly of the International Press Institute in .

A. D. Bruce Jr. and a 24-member friendship group from , , sister city of , leave after a four­-day visit.

Dr. Richard Walker of the arrives for a brief visit.

19. Georges Algoet, member of the Christian Socialist Party of Belgium, arrives for a week's visit.

20. Lt. Gen. Ho Szu-ting, com­mandant of the Chinese Marine Corps, leaves for the for a two-week visit.

21. Adm. John S. McCain, com­mander of U.S. Forces Pacific, arrives for a two-day visit. He discussed problems related to the defense of and exchanged views on the general situation in this area with Vice Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, and visited Defense Minister Huang Chieh and General Lai Ming­-tang, chief of the general staff.

Dr. Alton Ochsner, chairman of the cancer education committee of the American Bureau of Medical Aid to , arrives for a week's observation of cancer education, prevention and treatment.

An 11-member Chinese delegation headed by Shen Ta-ko, president of' the Taiwan Tuna Exporters' Association, leaves for Japan to attend the Fifth Asian Tuna Fisheries Conference in Tokyo.

23. Martin Wong, former minister-economic counselor of the Chinese Embassy in , returns from the for home consulta­tions before proceeding to to assume his new post as ambassador to .

24. The new Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications is inaugurated in . The Bureau's director, . Tsao, and two deputy directors, Wang Cheng-mei and Li Cheng, assumed office.

Dr. Tran Quang De, president of the National University of Saigon, arrives for a week's visit.

27. Foreign Minister Koun Wick of Khmer arrives for a two-day visit at the invitation of the Chinese government.

Interior Minister Hsu Ching-chung returns from a three-week visit to . He attended the 20th conference of the International Labor Or­ganization in and visited several European countries to study their social welfare programs.

's Ambassasor Ramiro Gereda leaves for as special envoy at the inauguration of President Park Chung Hee.

Economic Vice Minister Chang Yen-tien leaves for at the head of a five-member mission. The group will spend two months studying the progress of free Chinese technical cooperation with eight African countries. The mission is visiting the Re­public of , , , , , , and ().

28. Fortner Ambassador to Belgium Tchen Hiong-fei returns to assume his new post as vice foreign minister.

29. Premier Tran Thien Khiem of stops over en route to to attend the inauguration of President Park Chung Hee.

Presidential Secretary-General Chang Chun leaves for to attend the inauguration of President Park Chung Bee as special envoy of the Republic of China.

Vice Foreign Minister H. K. Yang, deputy special envoy, accompanied Dr. Chang.

30. Spanish Ambassador Julio de Larracoechea leaves for home after 25 years in the Republic of China.

Larracoechea, dean of the diplomatic corps, retired from the foreign service upon his return home. Col. Alma R. Flake of the U.S. Air Force arrives to assume his post as chief of staff of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group to .

Flake succeeded Col. Richard J. White, who was reassigned as military attache of the U.S. Em­bassy in .

Dr. Chang Pao-shu, secretary-general of the Kuomintang Central Commit­tee, leaves for for a week's visit.

Chang attended the inauguration of President Park Chung Hee and met with Korean government leaders.

July 2. More than 100 representa­tives of the General Federation of Women's Clubs leave for after a two-day visit.

GFWC, with some 11,500,000 members the world over, was established 85 years ago. Representatives from member countries meet annually in June. This year's meeting was held in the .

Forty-two members of a Japanese Self-Defense Institute mission arrive for a three-day visit.

3. Vice Premier and Foreign Minister of Swaziland Z. A. Khumalo arrives for a six-day visit.

Khumalo called on government leaders to discuss ways of strengthening Sino-Swaziland cooperation.

5. Nany Alfred, speaker of the National Assembly of the , and Japhet Simeon, speaker of the Senate, arrive for a six-day visit.

A five-member mission of the Asian Development Bank arrives for a three­-week survey tour of 's private industry.

Francois Lonpo, minister of public works and engineering of , arrives for a two-day visit.

A six-member goodwill mission from headed by Djidingar Michel, minister of agriculture and rural development, arrives for a week's visit.

6. A group of five Vietnamese experts on urban development arrives from for a three-week visit.

7. Gen. John D. Ryan, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, arrives for a three-day visit.

He called on Chinese and Ameri­can Air Force leaders and in­spected U.S. Air Force units.

Gen. Joseph Nazzaro, outgoing commander of the U.S. Air Force Pacific, leaves after a three-day visit.

The four-star American general, who came to bid farewell to Chinese military leaders, received a new assignment in the .

Dr. Alvaro Gomez Nurtado, leader of the majority party of the , arrives for a week's visit.

8. Representative Samuel S. Stratton arrives to attend Captive Nations Week activities.

9. Captive Nations Week is marked in .

10. The Republic of China and sign in a five-year agreement to expand economic and technical co­operation.

Chinese Economic Minister Y. S. Sun and 's Minister of Agri­cultural and Rural Development Michel Djidingar signed on behalf of their governments. will enlarge farm demonstration in to cover a broader range of crops.

William Gleysteen Jr., new deputy chief of the American Embassy in , arrives.

11. Kim Hak Yul, vice premier and minister of economic planning of the , arrives to attend the ministerial meeting of the Sixth Sino-Korean Economic Conference.

12. The Sino-Korean Economic Cooperation Conference opens in with calls from both chief delegates for expanded economic cooperation.

Foreign Minister S. K. Chow, heading a 10-member delegation, leaves for to attend the sixth ministerial conference of the Asian and Pacific Council.

He exchanged views with other ASP AC ministers on the " representation issue" in this year's United Nations General Assembly, the world situation and ways and means of promoting economic and technical cooperation among ASPAC countries. Delegations participating in the conference were from , , , , , , , and .

Dr. Andrew Lee, dean of the of of , leaves for to attend the joint meeting of the American and British Bar As­sociation July 14-20.

Lee went to July 20 to attend the Fifth World Conference of Jurists, Judges and Attorneys.

14. Choi Duk-shin, former Korean foreign minister, arrives for a four-day visit at the invitation of Dr. Ku Cheng-kang, honorary chairman of the World Anti-Communist League.

Choi, a member of the board of directors of the Korean chapter of WACL, then left for to attend the fifth general meet­ing of WACL.

Jerome Hu, president of the Chinese Petroleum Corporation, returns from a two-week visit to the .

He visited the of , and other oil-rich countries in the Middle East to discuss purchases of crude oil with government officials and the representatives of oil companies.

Gen. Netr Khemayodhin, director of the secretariat of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education, arrives for a three-day visit.

Gen. Netr of came to discuss with Chinese government officials the conference of South­east Asian education ministers slated for next year.

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