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| _ Services of Mead Data Central 68TH. ORY of Level 1 printed in FULL ormat. Copyright (c) 1987 The New York Times Company; The New York Times April 16, 1987, Thursday, Late City Final Edition SECTION: Section A; Page 3, Column 4; Foreign Desk LENGTH: 735 words . HEADLINES LIBYA MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. RAID BYLINE: By JANE PERLEZ, Special to the New York Times DATELINE: TRIPOLI, Libya, April 15 BODY: Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi made a fleeting appearance early today at an outdoor rally marking the first anniversary of the American bombing of his barracks, but f he left the talking to his 16-year-old son. The colonel suddenly materialized at 1:45 A.M. in a white suit through a gate beside a Speaker's platform set up next to his damaged house. He reached out to ce shake hands, raised his arms in the air and then abruptly disappeared. : The commemoration of what the Libyan leader calls his victory against the ‘‘barbaric, aborted American aggressions'' was more haphazard and subdued than was expected here. There was nO show of military power, as some diplomats had heard, and no | fireworks. Instead, about 1,000 people gathered in a courtyard at the back of the colonel's bombed house from 11:30 ®.M. ta 2:30 A.M. In an atmosphere of a country fair, a Libyan master of ceremonies introduced a@ parade Of speakers ranging from an American Indian, Vernon Bellacourt, to an i American Black Muslim, Mohammed Akhbar, to a British Labor member of Parliament, - ” - Ron Brow. s The crowd included 200 Americans visiting at the invitation and expense of the Libyan Government as guests to a ‘’peace conference.’' The Americans said they were proudly defying @ travel ban to Libya imposed last year by the Reagan Administration. Many foreign journalists were also present. i The colonel's low grofile during the day was interoreted by some foreigners “| here aS reflecting a realization that the turnout of foreign dignitaries was not , as impressive as expected. The '‘peace conference,‘‘ the centerpiece of the anniversary activities, was addressed Tuesday by Aleksandr Shakirov, described in the Libyan press as a | - Soviet of. official... But. there. was. no delegation. | from the, Sgyiet | Union. oe, caer ee | An Eastern bloc official said there appeared to be no delegations from the Warsaw Pact. A member af the London-based Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament opened her remarks by saying she was not representing the anti-nuclear group but G BEST COPY AVAILABLE IS’ NEXIS LEXIS’ NEXIS Heenan omipacner: st ot