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Events From Day to Day

July 01, 1966
May 17. Eight Japanese civic leaders arrive to attend the Presidential inauguration May 20.

Hilmy Didi, special envoy of Maldive, arrives to attend the Presidential inauguration.

Three hundred and sixty-four members of the Legislative Yuan (parliament) call on the U.S. Congress not to appease the Chinese Communist regime.

18. Special envoys Walter P. McConaughy of the United States, Joseph Rudolph Grimes of Liberia, Noel Navas Barreto of Nicaragua, Jose Carlos Ferreyros Balta of Peru, Enrique Molano Campuzano of Colombia, Lisimaco Guzman Aguirre of Ecuador, and Sheikh Nasser Almankour of Saudi Arabia arrive to attend the Presidential inauguration.

19. Special envoys Nobusuke Kishi of Japan, Manouchehr Eghbal of Iran, Wilfrid Kent Hughes of Australia, Pham Xuan Chieu of Vietnam, Chung Il Kwon of Korea, Narciso Ramos of the Philippines, and R.L.G. Challies of New Zealand arrive to attend the Presidential inauguration.

Honduran Ambassador Arturo Torres Wills presents credentials to President Chiang Kai-shek.

20. Special envoys Alvaro Teixeir-Sores of Brazil, Carlo Siano of Italy, Lucio Parada of Chile, Salvador Jauregui of El Salvador, and Jean Engone of Gabon arrive to attend the Presidential inauguration.

Chiang Kai-shek and Yen Chia-kan are sworn in as the fourth President and Vice President of the Republic.

21. Vice President Yen Chia-kan will serve concurrently as president (premier) of the Executive Yuan, it is announced.

22. A three-member goodwill mission from Rwanda arrives for a week's visit.
Ambassador to Rwanda Ding Mou-shih returns for home consultations.

23. Chang Kyung Soon, deputy speaker of the Korean National Assembly, arrives for a four-day visit.

24. Taiwan Governor Huang Chieh says the province achieved a 7.3 per cent increase in its gross national product in 1965.

25. Sultan Ibrahim of Kelantan, Malaysia, arrives for a two-week visit.

26. A 20-member Thai National Defense College mission arrives for a five-day visit.

27. Korean Deputy Premier Chang Key Young arrives to attend the second Sino-Korean Economic Cooperation Conference, which opens in Taipei.

President Chiang appoints five new cabinet members: Vice Premier Huang Shao-ku, Interior Minister Hsu Ching-chung, Foreign Minister Wei Tao-ming, and Ministers Without Portfolio Hsu Peh-yuan and Lien Chen-tung.

28. China and Rwanda sign a technical cooperation agreement in Taipei.

Secretary of the National Assembly Ku Cheng-kang, Vice President of the Legislative Yuan Nieh Wen-ya, and Vice President of the Control Yuan Chang Wei-han leave for Tokyo to attend the second preparatory meeting of the Joint Convention of the Parliament Members of Asian Nations.

29. New Ambassador to Chile Li Ti-chun leaves for Santiago.

An eight-member Chinese delegation leaves for Madrid to attend the sixth World Forestry Congress.

A 16-member Korean Defense College mission' arrives for a six-day visit.

31. The Legislative Yuan approves the flotation of NT$2,800 million (US$70 million) public bonds in fiscal 1967.

June 1. A 17-merrtber Chinese farm demonstration team leaves for the Ivory Coast for two years of service.

2. Ambassador to Australia Chen Chih-mai returns for home consultations.

3. The Foreign Ministry announces China has sent 129 technicians to South Vietnam to help fight Communist aggression.

The Foreign Ministry voices opposition to France's intended nuclear test in the Tuamotu archipelago of the Pacific.

4. Philosopher-author Lin Yutang arrives.

5. Former Ambassador to Japan Wei Taoming returns to assume his new post as Foreign Minister.

Korean Navy ship Chung Mu arrives at Kaohsiung for a brief visit.

7. Taipei Mayor Henry Kao leaves for the United States to attend the 33rd American Mayors' Convention.

Ambassador to Thailand Liu Yu-wan dies of a heart attack in Bangkok.

New Upper Volta Ambassador Tiemoko Marc Garango arrives.

Mrs. Luz Banzon Magsaysay, wife of the late Philippine President, arrives for a three-day visit.

8. Australian Secretary of External Affairs Paul M.C. Hasluck arrives for a four-day visit.

9. A three-member delegation lead by H.P. Tseng, board chairman of the Central News Agency, leaves for the United States to attend the 34th World P.E.N. Congress.

Ku Feng-hsiang, secretary-general of the Kuomintang Central Committee, leaves for Manila for a week's goodwill visit.

A seven-member Italian Parliamentary mission arrives for a week's visit.

Mariano Ospina Perez, former President of Colombia, arrives for a week's visit.

12. Hsiao Tseng, board chairman of the Land Bank of Taiwan, leaves for Rome to attend the second World Land Reform Convention.

Foreign Minister Wei Tao-ming leaves for Seoul to attend the Asian Pacific Ministerial Conference.

A 10-member Chinese National War College mission led by Chang Chi-yun leaves for Seoul, first stop on a two-month world tour.

Nine students of the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii arrive for eight weeks of training in the Chinese language and history.

13. Chilean Navy training ship Esmeralda arrives at Kaohsiung for a three-day visit.

14. China and Upper Volta sign an agricultural cooperation agreement in Taipei.

Samuel David Berger, U.S. Assistant Undersecretary of State, arrives for a two-day visit.

15. The conference on Sino-American Cooperation in Humanities and Social Sciences opens in Taipei.

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