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EASTERN EXIT: The Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) from Mogadishu, Somalia, January 1991
October 1, 1991

This research memorandum documents the events and discusses lessons learned from the non-combatant evacuation operation from the U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, in January 1991. During this operation, named 'EASTERN EXIT,' U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps forces evacuated 281 people from 30 countries (including 8 Ambassadors and 39 Soviet citizens).

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SOVIET POLICY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA: THE DECISION TO INTERVENE
February 1, 1981
The main intent of this paper is to elucidate the factors that appear to have influenced Soviet decisions to support Ethiopia during the period immediately preceding and during the Somali-Ethiopian conflict in the Ogaden, roughly from 1976 to late 1977.
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THE SOVIET INVOLVEMENT IN THE OGADEN WAR
February 1, 1980
This paper examines Soviet policy formulation in Third World crises.
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