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MV General down aircraft steps and greeted by Sadat
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GV GUN salute
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CV Welcome sign
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RV Sadat and Siad across tarmac
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SV Egyptian and Somalian flags
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CV Siad and Sadat
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MV ZOOM OUT TO GV.. Sadat and Siad inspecting guard of honour
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CV Somalian flag
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SV Leaders given flowers
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MV Welcoming banners PAN to Siad talking to followers
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GV Street scene with flags
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GV Mosque
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CV Wreath at Nasser's tomb
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SV & MV PAN..Sadat and Siad from car towards tomb
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GV Guarded entrance to tomb
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SV Siad laying wreath and standing to attention with Sadat
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Background: General Mohammed Siad Barre, Chairman of Somalia's Revolutionary Command Council, arrived in Cairo on Monday (15 November) for a one-day stopover en route to Moscow. He was greeted on arrival by President Sadat, and later placed a wreath on the tomb of the late President Nasser.

SYNOPSIS: General Mohammed Siad Barre, Chairman of Somalia's Revolutionary Command Council, arrived in Cairo on Monday for a brief stopover on his way to Moscow. He was greeted at Cairo airport by President Anwar Sadat and other Egyptian leaders. General Siad was to spend only a day in Cairo before continuing his journey.

General Siad, accompanied by President Sadat, inspected a special guard of honour.

Both General Siad and president Sadat were presented with bouquets of flowers by schoolchildren as part of the welcome. The General had a brief but friendly talk with a group of wellwishers before leaving the airport.

In Cairo the Somalian leader was taken to the tomb of the late President Gamal Abdul Nasser, where he was to lay a wreath alongside others already there.

General Siad was beginning 2-week tour which will also take him to the Soviet Union, Syria, and Iraq.