41.   Gen. Colin Powell, former head of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is to visit Taiwan next month on an Asian tour.

42.   Frei was to continue his Asian tour with visits to Malaysia and China.

43.   German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived from Vietnam Sunday for a three-day visit on the last stop of an Asian tour that also took him to China.

44.   German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, winding up an Asian tour, discussed assistance to the former East Germany with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Friday.

45.   Gates will be in Seoul Wednesday and Thursday before departing for Taiwan on his Asian tour, according to a press release.

46.   German President Roman Herzog arrived Tuesday for a five-day visit to Pakistan as part of an Asian tour which will also take him to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

47.   He also will visit Papua New Guinea, Australia and Sri Lanka during his Asian tour.

48.   He is on an Asian tour after accompanying Defense Secretary William Perry to Japan recently.

49.   He is on the last leg of his three-nation Asian tour that also included Tokyo and Beijing.

50.   He began his Asian tour in Japan, and is to continue on to Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and South Korea.