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GENERAL SHALIKASHVILI, WEARING DESERT KHAKI UNIFORM, SAME AS HIS TROOPS, ACCOMPANIED BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN OFFICER, VISITING U.S. ARMY UNITS IN MOGADISHU, ASKS TROOPS STANDING AT ATTENTION, TO GATHER AROUND HIM.
PRAISES THEIR EFFORTS. REMINDS THEM, "WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT OVER HERE". CU FACE SHOTS MEN, WOMEN, BLACK, WHITE, SOLDIERS SOME IN RED BERETS, OTHERS IN FLOPPY HATS, RIFLES SLUNG ON BACKS, LISTEN TO GENERAL. ZOOM IN BLACK MALE SOLDIER.

CU GENERAL SPEAKING, "DAMN RIGHT YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE".

AMERICAN OFFICER WITH UN BLUE BERET GIVES GENERAL FRAMED MAP OF MOGADUSHU AND CHRISTMAS CARD FROM TROOPS. TELLS OF SHALIKASHVILI'S RISE FROM PRIVATE TO CHAIRMAN. GENERAL. ASKS GENERAL TO POSE FOR PICTURES.

AFRICAN AMERICAN U.S. OFFICER GIVES GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT. HE IN TURN GIVES BLACK OFFICER A HAT AND PLAQUE FOR HIS UNIT.

CU SIGN: "2ND BATTALION, 22ND INFANTRY". GENERAL WALKS, CHATS, FOLLOWED BY LARGE ITINERARY OF OFFICERS, MEN. ARMY TENT CITY IN BKGD

GENERAL, BACK TO CAMERA, SPEAKS OVER HAND HELD MICROPHONE TO GROUP OF MEN, WOMEN COMBAT TROOPS, RIFLES SLUNG ON SHOULDERS, KNEELING, STANDING, GATHERED AROUND HIM. "NO ONE EVER DOUBTS AMERICAN FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN ARE THE BEST THE WORLD HAS EVER PRODUCED."

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BLACK SERGEANT SHOWS GENERAL PROTECTIVE VESTS, SHOES, AS THEY ARE MODELLED BY SOLDIER. GENERAL EXAMINES PROTECTIVE VEST, SHOES. GENERAL TAKES SIP FROM BOTTLED WATER.

GENERAL CLIMBS INTO SMALL ARMY PLANE FOR VISIT TO U.N. INDIAN (INDIA) UNITS.

INDIAN GENERAL MEETS SHALIKASHLIVI AT AIRFIELD. THEY WALK AWAY FROM PLANE, TALK, CLIMB INTO WHITE UNITED NATIONS STATION WAGON..

INDIAN GENERAL BRIEFS SHALIKASHVILI IN BRIEFING ROOM.
THEY DISCUSS U.S. WITHDRAWAL, U.N.'S ROLE AND NEEDS AFTERWARDS. CU INDIA GENERAL SPEAKING. MAPS ON WALL IN BKGD. INDIAN SERVANT SERVES DRINKS.

SIGN ON TENT: "U. N. ARE HERE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR SUFFERINGS".

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INDIAN SOLDIERS WEARING BLUE BANDANAS, STAND ABOARD WHITE U. N. TANKS, POSE.

INDIAN OFFICERS WITH BLUE BERETS, AND HUGE INDIAN INDIAN SIKH SOLDIER WEARING BLUE TURBAN EXIT BRIEFING ROOM FOLLOWED BY SHAKASHLIVI, INDIAN GENERAL, EXIT BRIEFING ROOM

INDIAN GUARDS STAND AT ATTENTION WITH SWAGER STICKS UNDER ARMS, SALUTE SMARTLY AS GENERAL PASSES BETWEEN THEM, WALKS TO DESK UNDER CANOPY, SHADING HIM FROM SUN, SIGNS LEDGER ALL LAID OUT FOR HIM ON TABLE.

GENERAL SHALIKASHVILI, INDIAN GENERAL AND OTHERS SPEAK TO WOMEN WORKERS. "GOAL" ON WRITTEN SHIRT, AS VOICES OF HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN SINGING SOMALI SONGS IS HEARD IN BKGD.

GENERAL STOPS BEFORE LARGE GROUP OF STRIKING YOUNG GIRLS WEARING COLORFUL SCARVES, ROBES, COVERING HEADS MOSLEM STYLE, SMILING CHANTING HAPPY ETHNIC SONGS,
CLAPPING HANDS. PAN SAME

CU MONTAGE LITTLE SOMALI CHILDREN FACES AS THEY CLAP, SING. MORE OF SAME

CHAPTER 016/21

U.N. OFFICERS OF OTHER NATION WALK WITH, BRIEF, SHALIKASHVILI AND INDIAN GENERAL AS THEY WALK TO BRIEFING TENT, WHERE HE IS HANDED CUP OF COFFEE.

GENERAL GIVES FAREWELL SPEECH TO TROOPS, SEATED AT LONG PICNIC TABLES, FROM PODIUM, OVER MICROPHONE. CU PAN FACE SHOTS OF SOLDIERS. PRAISES THEIR "NOBLE EFFORTS". TELLS TELLS THEM ABOUT U.S. TROOPS WITHDRAWAL FROM SOMALIA ON MARCH 31, 1994. WISHES THEM MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. SAYS, "WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER". WALKS TO AND SHAKES HANDS WITH THE TROOPS.

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