Xmas with Gen. Feisal

DILI, East Timor: Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung is slated visit Dili on Tuesday to attend a Christmas celebration with troops, government officials and citizens in East Timor.

Col. Gleny Kairupan, a member of the Christmas celebration committee, said Feisal will fly in on Tuesday morning from Irian Jaya and he will leave after the celebration in the afternoon to attend a similar ceremony in Jakarta.

It is now customary for the Armed Forces chief to attend Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Catholic East Timor, a tradition that began in the times of Gen. L.B. Moerdani. (emb)