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Events From Day to Day

August 01, 1966
June 16. The Executive Yuan (cabinet) appoints Franklin Yao permanent represen­tative to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and Li Chin ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

18. J. Henry Thomas, minister of economic development of Guyana, arrives for a two-week visit.

20. Foreign Minister Wei Tao-ming returns from Seoul after attending the nine-nation Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference.

Daniel Yu-tang Lew, former ambas­sador to New Zealand, returns from Well­ington.

The Asian Agricultural Development Seminar opens in Taipei.

21. Thirteen Chinese farmers leave for the Ivory Coast to help increase farm production.

23. The Executive Yuan appoints Mih Hsih-chung ambassador to Bolivia.

The seventh African Seminar on Agricultural Techniques is concluded in Taipei.

New U.S. Ambassador Walter P. Mc­Conaughy arrives.

24. Lieutenant General Im Chung Sik, deputy chief of staff of the Korean Army, arrives for a five-day visit.

Ambassador to Libya Kiding Wang leaves for Tripoli after home consultations.

25. Twenty American professors arrive to attend an eight-week seminar on Chinese arts, culture, and sociology.

Eight American high school teachers arrive to receive eight-week training in the Chinese language.

26. Vice Foreign Minister Yang Hsi-kun leaves for a two-and-half month goodwill tour of Africa.

Fourteen Chinese and two American engineers arrive from the United States to give lectures.

Overseas Chinese and foreign tourists to Taiwan increased from 14,974 in 1956 to 133,666 in 1965, according to the Tai­wan Tourism Council.

27. Kaohsiung Mayor Frank C. Chen leaves for a 10-day visit to Korea.

29. President Chiang Kai-shek appoints Cha Liang-chien president of the Supreme Court.

30. Ambassador to Australia Chen Chih-mai leaves for Canberra after home consul­tations.

Thai Economic Minister Sunthorn Hongladadom arrives for a five-day visit.

July 1. China and Venezuela agree to elevate their legations in both countries to the embassy level.

3. Huang Kuo-shu, president of the Legislative Yuan (parliament), leaves for Seoul for a six-day visit. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrives for a brief visit.

Eleven Chinese medical personnel leave for Libya to help promote public health.

New Ambassador to New Zealand Tsai Wei-ping leaves for Wellington.

George R. Laking, New Zealand's am­bassador to the United States, arrives for a brief visit.

4. Brazilian Senator Dinarte Mariz arrives for a four-day visit.

Eight Libyan parliamentarians arrive for a week's visit.

A 26-member mission of the Stanford University's World University Service ar­rives for a five-day visit.

5. The Foreign Ministry says Chinese has recognized the new government of Argen­tina.

6. The Legislative Yuan approves the Sino-Haiti treaty of amity signed in Port-au­-Prince February 15, 1966.

7. China establishes diplomatic relations with the Maldives.

The Executive Yuan appoints Sze Sung-hsi ambassador to the Maldives.

8. Mrs. Chen Cheng, widow of the late Vice President Chen Cheng, leaves for the United States for medical treatment.

10. A 13-member U.S. Congressional group arrives for a brief visit.

11. P. Y. Hsu, chairman of the Foreign Exchange and Trade Commission, says the nation's foreign trade in the first half of 1966 totaled US$543 million, including US$271 in exports and US$272 million in imports.

The Taiwan Provincial Government announces the island's population at the end of May totaled 12,766,647, an increase of 138,299 in five months.

China establishes diplomatic relations with Malawi.

14. The Executive Yuan appoints Shen Chang-huan ambassador to the Holy See.

15. Korean Ambassador Kim Shin returns from Seoul after home consultations.

A. H. Nordmeyer, a member of the New Zealand Parliament, arrives for a five­-day visit.

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