News program El Mundo al Día: President Joaquín Balaguer recognizes athletes at the National Palace, accompanied by Fernando Amiama Tió and the General Director of Sports, Horacio A. Veras. The US ambassador, Francis Meloy, Jr., and Foreign Minister Jaime Manuel Fernández exchange notes on the amendment applied to the Dominican-American air transport agreement. Tourists arrive at the airport. Horacio Álvarez Saviñón and Mario Rivadulla, president and secretary of The Pro Sugar Quota Committee grants recognition to President Joaquín Balaguer. Chinese Ambassador Sun Ping-Cheng decorates Jaime Manuel Fernández with Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon.