http://www.massline.org/PekingReview/PR ... 972-20.pdfTTIS.' Excellency Mohamed Siad Baire, President of the
Supreme Revolutionary' Council of the Somali Democratic Republic,; and the delegation led by him arrived in Peking on May 14 on a state visit "at the invitation •.
of the Chinese- Government.- - _ •
.The friendship envoys from the "Horn of Africa"
were'given > tremendous welcome by the Chinese people.-More.than 100,000 people in the capital turned out
to greet them. A grand welcoming ceremony was held
at .the-; airport, and: when-, the motorcade carrying - the "
distinguished visitors drove past Tien An Men Square,
cheers- from the jubilant crowds intermingled- withcrescendos of music while youths danced, and the armedmilitia saluted the guests from the western shores of
the Indian Ocean.
