PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES WAR SCHOOL ATTENDANTS

( Editorial: --> 6164 ) ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Tuesday received attendants of the Republic of Croatia Armed Forces War School: General Mile Cuk, major generals; Milenko Filipovic, Jozo Milicevic, Ivan Kapular, Marijan Marekovic, Slavko Baric, Commodore Ivica Tolic, brigadier generals; Renato Romic, Dragan Bagaric, Josip Stojkovic, Ivica Obrovac, brigadiers; Zarko Pesa and members of the Croatian Defence Council; General Stanko Sopta and Major General Mijo Jelic who were all invited to attend the school pursuant to a signed international agreement. Congratulating them, President Tudjman stressed that they had been chosen to be educated at the War School because they were the carriers of the defence of this country and had won the war and as such were capable of leading the army in peacetime. Peace-time Croatia needs to develop an armed force which will be complimentary to Western standards and NATO. Keeping in mind however, national and state interests and based on experience from the Homeland War and the all-encompassing history of Croatia, said Tudjman. Accompanying the president were Defence Minister Andrija Hebrang, Croatian Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Pavao Miljavac, Chief inspector of defence, General Ante Gotovina, Commander of the Croatian "Petar Zrinski" Military Academy, General Josip Lucic, Commander of the Croatian Armed Forces War School, General Franjo Feldi, Chief-of-staff of the Presidential Military Cabinet, Major General Darko Grdic and the president's Aide-de-camp Major General Kresimir Kaspar. (Hina) sp jn 061424 MET oct 98