Young Kee Kim reports to Minister Cho on the conflict between China, Philippines, and Japan over Spratlys and the persons in the Trade and Goodwill Mission.

Choe Deok-sin reports that the South Vietnamese government has dispatched ships to the Spratly Islands, and comments on the status of the Overseas Chinese in Vietnam, exchanges between Vietnam and Japan and the Philippines, and Vietnam's economic policies.

President Syngman Rhee praises the Vietnamese dispatch of a naval force to the Spratly Islands, saying it is an example of "openly standing up against Red China."

Vuong Van Bac requests that the United Nations Security Council take up the disputes over the Spratly and Paracel Islands.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs disputes the Republic of Vietnam's dispatching of naval vessels to the Paracel and Spratly Islands.

Vuong Van Bac offers another briefl on China's maneuvers in the South China Sea.

Vuong Van Bac briefs the Secretary General on China's maneuvers in the South China Sea.

Vuong Van Bac of the Republic of Vietnam rejects China's claims over the Spratly and Paracel Islands.

Ha Van Lau transmits "Viet Nam's Sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Archipelagoes" to the United Nations.

This consultation on preparations for the 9th Internal China (Interkit) Meeting in Berlin. Notes the growing anti-Sovietism in China, as well as a possible rebirth of capitalism there.