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4B THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, December 19, 1966 Somali Republic Serves Foothold For Russia tary aid the Russians jumped) in with a far more generous) As By DENNIS NEELD MOGADISHU (AP) -- Nearly $100,000,000 worth of Soviet as- has failed to make Communists out of the fiercely independent and traditionally democratic Somali Republic. This little republic of 4,500,000 nomadic people never: is the Soviet Union's We, Tiare foothold in Africa south Some 250 Oa baviot military ex- perts are training the Somali army in the use of $35,000,000 worth of Soviet equipment. About 400 Somali cadets are a in the U.S.S.R. So technicians have put up a dairy plant in Mogadishu, a meat factory at Chisimayo in the south and are building a big new port at Berbera in the north. They have installed So- viet transmitters at'Radio Mo- gadishu, Soviet doctors are. at work in' Somali hospitals: There may be a total of 500 Soviet technicians, experts and advisers in Somalia, Many have their families with them. REGARD HIGH "There is no doubt the So- viets are highly regarded," one Western diplomat says. 'When Somalia rejected the West's pretty miserable offer of mili- counter-offence. That boosted) their popularity but their eco- nomic assistance has been something of a flop." Many Western diplomats here believe the Soviet Union got into Somalia more to balk the Chinese than in the hope of win- ning the country for commu- nism, The United States' popularity suffers from Somali resentment of massive U.S. military aid to neighboring Ethiopia. The coun- tries are feuding over disputed --e into open war in 1964 the Ethiopians blasted Somali ter- ritory with American bombs dropped from American - built planes, This is perhaps the most dem- ocratic country in Africa, Free elections are contested by half a dozen parties. Opposition groups criticize the government Ministers and legislators zet jmodest salaries and drive jaround in modest automobiles. The Mercedes, status symbol of the successful African politician from Dakar to Dar Es Salaam, is a rarity on Mogadishu pireets. ing niéaadla a Hiya with little liking for government au- thority, They are individualists and firm believers in free enter- prise. Italy, West. Germany and the! United Siates co - operate in} border regions. Somalis do not forget that when the feud flared training and equipping the| 7,000-strong Somali police force. 'inside snd outside. parliament,| it POE OP GGG "Our Moslem religion and our | democratic traditions are a bul- wark against foreign ideolo- gies," says a former prime minister, Abdirashid Ali Sher- make. *'We are satisfied subver- sives will get nowhere in So- malia, "We are proud of our democ- racy and we intend to preserve Despite Somaii assurances iG the contrary, Soviet subversion of the army remains a threat. 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