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April 01, 1964
February 16. A 10-member overseas Chinese mission from Peru arrives.

18. Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan decorates Vietnamese Minister Nguyen Cong Vien with the Order of the Brilliant Star for his contributions to Sino-Vietnamese friendship.

President Chiang Kai-shek receives Japanese Diet member Heihachiro Otake.

19. The Executive Yuan (cabinet) submits its FY1965 administrative program to the Legislative Yuan.

20. French Charge d'Affaires Pierre Salade and his family leave Taipei for France.

Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN retired, and his wife leave after a five-day visit.

21. Chinese Ambassador Hsu Shao-chang and Brazilian Foreign Minister Araujo Castro exchange instruments of ratification of the Sino-Brazilian trade agreement in Rio de Janeiro.

Chiu Nan, deputy director of the Government Information Office, leaves for West Berlin to attend a seminar on radio and television education and information.

Taiwan's fishery catch totaled 350,729 metric tons (385,802 short tons) last year, the Taiwan Provincial Fisheries Department announces.

22. Chinese Ambassador to Turkey Shao Yu-lin returns for consultations.

23. Admiral Harry D. Felt, commander-in-chief of U.S. Forces Pacific, arrives for a three-day visit.

Shigeru Yoshida, former Japanese prime minister, arrives as the private emissary of Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda.

Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Tchen Hiong-fei returns to his post after a home leave.

25. Fang Chia-yao, leader of a Chinese farm demonstration team going to Niger, leaves for Niamey to make arrangements.

26. Former Charge d'Affaires in France Kao Shih-ming and his family return after closure of the Chinese Embassy in Paris.

Communications Minister Shen Yi leads a seven-member delegation to Teheran to attend the 20th conference of the U.N. Economic Council for Asia and the Far East.

28. David Owen, executive chairman of the U.N. Technical Assistance Bureau, and John N. Corry, the bureau's representative in the Far East, arrive for a three-day visit.

Cheng Tien-fong and Lee Shih-mou, Chinese delegates, return from a meeting of the Southeast Asia Scientific Conference of the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

March 1. Some 200,000 Kuomintang members and civic workers begin two-week islandwide public service.

2. Minister of Economic Affairs Yang Chi-tseng leaves for Geneva to attend the U.N. Trade and Development Conference.

4. P. Y. Hsu, governor of the Central Bank of China, leaves for Venezuela to attend the inauguration of President Raul Leoni.

5. Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Matsuhei Mori arrives for a 10-day official visit.

6. John Musselman Karefa-Smart, foreign minister of Sierra Leone, and his wife arrive for a week's visit.

Lieutenant General Kim Do Chan, commandant of the South Korean Marine Corps, arrives to observe the Sino-U.S. amphibious exercise Operation Back Pack.

Vice Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, arrives aboard his flagship USS Providence for a three-day visit.

8. Women's Day is observed throughout the country.

9. Ho Yi-wu, vice chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, returns from Manila.

10. Major General Luis Guijarro Alcocar, commandant of the Spanish Marine Corps, arrives for an eight-day visit.

11. An agreement on a U.N. World Food Program grant to the Republic of China is signed in Taipei.

12. Kim Chong Pil, chairman of the Korean Democratic Republican Party, arrives for a three-day visit.

Georges Louis Beranto, chief of the office of the Malagasy President, arrives for a five-day visit.

General Peng Meng-chi, chief of the general staff, leaves for Bangkok for a week's visit.

General Chiang Ching-kuo, minister without portfolio, is named deputy minister of national defense.

14. Election offices are opened for the fifth election of mayors and magistrates.

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