1. Visit to Moscow amid Soviet-Somali tensions

    · Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

    Visit to Moscow amid Soviet-Somali tensions
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    Barre made a two-day visit to Moscow during the deterioration of Soviet-Somali relations in the Ogaden War period. The report was published on 1 September 1977; its wording supports month-level, rather than exact-day, dating of the visit.

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