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157. Telegram 412 From the Embassy in Somalia to the Department of State

vernment than a defense of Soviet Union in its Angolan policies (Mogadiscio 061). 5. While US has become more frequent target of Siad , we are also taking additional punishment in Somali media, which has accused US of taking part in abortive coup in Nigeria (Mogadiscio 0364). Scarcely day passes without anti-US vitriol in [garble] press. 6. With above in mind, we should perhaps again take a look at events which set in motion US decision last September to renew financial aid to Somalia. Our decision to renew aid was based primarily upon the hope that we might induce Siad to behave more responsi…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1976-03-08
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–6, Documents on Africa, 1973–1976
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve06/d157
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve06/d157`

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157. Telegram 412 From the Embassy in Somalia to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1976. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve06/d157.