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Show Sunday, October Warming Ties Between U.S., Somali! Are Masking Suspicions, Tensions MOGADISHU. Somalia In - j broader sense, the open hostility that A fresh coat of (UPI) white paint on the U S Agency for International ctuiat "en zed relations m the years of Soviet in iiueme in Somalia has Development office the walls of what was once the dreary consulate of the Soviet beta dispelled But depite these genuine sins of warming rela- brightens Union tions, there are clear iktis iiie change is largely cosmetic, masking lingering tensions and mutual suspicions. while Somali officials Robert Shohar, 14. Col was packing his bags in Rome last month for his new assignment as the first U S defense attache in the Somali capital President Mohammed profess to be thankful for the economic assistance they are receiving, they are deeply resentful the United States continues to withhold military support "We did our part and now we expect the United States io put its cards on the table," a Somali official conceded candidly. "You don't realize what a threat it is to us with the Siad Barre, touring Europe at the time, invited the Army officer aboard his private jet. and the two men chatted for three hours as they flew south. Such developments would have been inconceivable as recently as last year, when intruders broke into the official residence of U.S. Ambassador Soviets John Loughran and rifled his files in an apparent ef fort to discredit him. 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As Somali in the Ogaden, and leader, he could not afclaimed they had killed ford politically to 'housands of Ethiopians abandon the Ogaden Tiie Carter administrastruggle, and yet he tion, feeling betrayed, needed American arms to angrily called off a visit shore up his position by a military ?a;vey abroad and at home. team scheduled" to assess Western diplomats say Somalia's defense needs Si ad Barre resolved the Siad Barre protested that conflict by slowly and the fighting was being quietly casting off the carried out by indigenous Western Somali Liberaguerrillas who were tion Front. Not a single beyond his genuine conbattlefield encounter has trol been reported in the conThe Somali president trolled radio or press 22, 1978, Provo, Utah 950 N. University Ave Offices also in Sail lake and Ogden. Mftmbt Anwtan Loans also made on signature, auto, lurniture. equipment, contract equity and unimproved property. Salt lake Downtown to a m to 9 p.m. Mon. and Fri. 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