We promised to extend some FMS and ESF to Somalia in return. The Reagan administration expanded our relations with the Democratic Republic of Somaliu. Answering the plea of women and children in refugee camps of Somalia who had fled the Ogaden because of Ethiopian and Cuban brutalities. the United States in 1980 and 1981 extended. through the UNHCR. substantial help of a humanitarian nature. This aid helped prevent further starvation and it also diminished health hazards. Somalia participated in September 1981 in the military exercise Bright Star. letting our troops land at the Berbera coast. and our Navy is studying expansion of the Berbera facilities. In fiscal year 1982 we are extending $30 millr.n economic support funds and $20 .dlllion FMS to Somalia in addition to sizable aid in development assistance and Public Law 480 funds. Both the administration and the Congress are aware of the friendly relations and the strategic location of Somalia. Hopefully. we will be able to help Somalia overcome its manifold economic difficulties resulting from the refugee flow and the years of the Sahel drought and supply its legitimate defense needs arising from the lopsided military superiority of the Cubanbacked Ethiopian forces in the Ogaden. I wish President. Siad Barre Godspeed and success in his work to develop his nation and to fight for the rights of his brethren in the Ogaden.