POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN BRITISH SOMALILAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800820004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 7, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY British Somaliland ATE DISTR.
7 September 1948
SUBJECT Political Organizations in British Sanaliland NO. OF PAGES 1
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1. The program or the :jOmail Na'Glonal.w ouo.Lfjy lii 4L1G lE/di%jv,L"6a w -
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Somali countries. It is not as oohesivewr as well-organized a group as
I\3 ~S `Z o the Somali Youth League, and its Burao club recently joined the S.Y.L.
2. The Somali National League is composed mainly of members of the Dalbahanta
tribe ofnnor~rnSoma3 Somaliland in the region of I rrigaba. This is primarily
a society tirhioh seeks to ameliorate living conditions within the tribe.
Some of its members are reported to wish to amalgamate with the S.Y.L. The
League exerts some influence over local affairs, and it has asked the
District Commissioner at IIargeisha not to give orders. concerning the conduct
of affairs without consulting the League.
3. The Issakiya Society of ilargeisha is a tribal society whose sole airs is to
further is o-m ?n erests. It wished to join the Somali Nationalist Society,
but its nano and its local tribal interests have blocked this to date.
4. The Somali Youth League does not have an appeal for the residents of British
Somaliland. An attempt to recruit members of the Somaliland Constabulary
in Iiargeisha resulted in the League being tamed to cease its recruiting or
suffer sorious consequonoes. There are but three branches of the S.Y.L.in
British Somaliland, namely, at Hargeisha, Berbera, and Burao.
omment. None of the above organizations is purely political in
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Of a total popul).tion of 250,000, only 3 or 4 percent are members of the
above-named parties.)
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