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By John Spencer
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PRESIDENT POMPIDOU has taken every precaution on his present visit to the French colony of Afars and Issas to avoid an outbreak of demonstrations and riots in favour of independence that greeted de Gaulle in 1966.
Three companies of riot police —240 men--have been flown in from France to reinforce the 3,000 strong Foreign Legion and regular army troops.
The capital of Afars and Issas, Djibouti, is surrounded by barbed wire guarded by French units to prevent entry by people from Somalia and Ethiopia into the capital of former French Somaliland.
The change of name, which followed the 1966 riots and a rigged majority 'vote' for continued dependence on France, has not deterred the claims of Somalia to the territory.
Pompidou's visit is aimed at 'confirming the French presence' in this outpost of "French im perialism at the entrance of the Red Sea.
It is confirmed in customary imperialist style with army units and riot police by the President who has just had such friendly talks. with Moscow: