PUBLICITY RE TERMINATION BILATERAL ASSISTANCE SOMALIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000500030009-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 2, 1970
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE TELEGRAM
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INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
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SUBJ."P1J LICITY RE TERMINATION BILATERAL ASSISTANCE SOMALIA
JOINT EMBASSY/USA ID MESSAGE
DEPARTMENT AND AID AWARE, WE ARE NOW ENTERING PERIOD REAL UN-
TAI' TY RE APPLICATION OF PHASE-OUT OF BILATERAL AID TO SOMALIA.
ASSADOR HAS APPOINTMENTS WITH SECRETARIES OF APPROPRIATE MINIS-
D "I SIGNS. WE HAVE NO WAY OF PREDICTING SOMALI REACTION AS YET e
` OWEVER, AMBASSADOR PROPOSED TO GENERAL SIAD AND WILL FOLLOW-UP
WITH SECRETARIES THAT THERE BE NO RPT NO PUBLICITY DURING THIS PER-
IOD SINCE PUBLIC DUCUSSLON MIGHT MAKE ORDERLY PROCEDURES MORE DIF-
FTCULT.
IE S THIS WEEK TO BEGIN DISCUSSION OF IMPLICATIONS OF TERMINATION
2. WE STRONGLY URGE THAT WASHINGTON FOLLOW THIS SAME APPROACH. AS
WE SEE PROBLEM FROM MQGADISCIO, THERE ARE THREE AREAS WHERE UNFOR-
TUNATE PUBLICITY MIGHT '.OCCUR:
A. CONGRESSIONAL : WE REALIZE THAT CONGRESS MUST BE INFORMED OF
DECISION IN NEAR FUTURE. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE INFORMATION
BE TRANSMITTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF QUESTION NEED! TO BE DIS-
CUSSED OFFICIALLY. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE, AND CERTAINLY 'LSIRABLE, TO
TREAT MATTER INFORMALLY, AND THAT EXPLANATION CAN BE' QIVEN OF REA-
SON FOR AVOIDING PUBLICITY.
B. USAID DISCUSSIONS WITH NON-OFFICIALS, E.G., EASTERN MICH-
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1GAN UNIVERSITY AN7 WYOMING: WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PRESENTS PROB-
LEMS, SINCE CONT 'ALTS AND OTHER PRACTICAL DETAILS MUST BE WORKED
out TM THE NEXT S :VERAL WEEKS. AT THE SAME TIME, IT SEEMS TO US
IMPORTANT THAT UN-IVERSITY OFFICIALS NOT ACT PRECIPITANTLY AND
THAT THEY BE PREPARED TO BE FLEXIBLE IN LIGHT OF DISCUSSIONS DUR-
I G NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO. HASTY ACTION COULD HAVE POLITICAL REPER-
CUSIONS HERE AND PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DAMAGING PROJECTS
WHICH UP TO NOW HAVE RECORD OF POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO SOMALI DE-
VELOPMENT. AMBASSADOR IS POUCHING TO AFE HOLMES LETTERS To PRESI-
OE.NfS OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES WHICH DEPARTMENT /USA ID MAY BE ABLE
TO 1.+57E ADVANTAGEOUSLY.
C DEPARTMENT PRESS INFORMATION: WE ASSUME THAT THE DEPARTMENT
JILL TAKE NO RPT NO INITIATIVE TO RAISE QUESTION OF TERMINATION
BILATERAL AID. IN CASE QUESTION IS RAISED, SUGGEST DEPARTMENT
DPW ON INFORMAL. TALKING PAPER WHICH AMBASSADOR POUCHED AFE HOLMES
D. Di VELOP GUIDANCE. EMBASSY WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING SUMMARY OF
PROPOSED GUIDANCE..
BOTH USAID AND EMBASSY SEE THE COMING WEEKS AS "WIDE OPEN" AS
AS POSSIBLE CHANGE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GSDR. OBVIOUSLY
,rULf ALSO LIKE TO KEEP OPEN WHAT FEW OPTIONS WE MAY HAVE DURING
P RI1D OF UNCERTAINTY
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