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CONFIDENTIAL ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT FROM THE MOMENT THE (JACKED PLANE HAD LANDED HE PERSONALLY TOOK CHARGE OF THE IOCEEDINGS, HELPED ONLY BY MY FRENCH AND SOMALI COLLEAGUES. HE EXPLAINED HOW HE HAD GOT THE TERRORISTS. \ 1. TO AGREE TO SHIFT THE PLANE FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD TERMINAL.. (2) TO ALLOW THE HOSTAGES INTO THE TERMINAL!" (3) TO ALLOW HIM TO FEED THE HOSTAGES AND GIVE THEM WASHING FACILITIES! (4) TO POSTPONE THE FIRST DEADLINE. FOR NONE OF THIS HAD HE RECEIVED ANY THANKS IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS WHICH HAD CONTINUED TO PRAISE THE ISRAELI ACTION I NOR HAD ANYONE EXPRESSED THEIR CONDOLENCES ABOUT THE DEATHS OF THE MANY UGANDAN SOLDIERS . (I^ORRECTED HIM ON THE LATTER POINT) 4 . TURNING SPECIFICALLY TO THE CASE OF MRS BLOCH. AMIN SAID THAT IN PREPARATION FOR THE LATEST DEADLINE OF 1100 GMT, 4 JULY, HE HAD, ON HIS RETURN FROM THE OAU SUMMIT IN MAURITIUS INSTRUCTED THE MINISTER OF HEALTH TO ENSURE THAT HOSPITALISED PASSENGERS WERE RETURNED TO THE OLD AIRPORT TERMINAL BEFORE THAT TIME. MRS BLOCH, HE WENT ON, HAD NOT BEEN IN NEED OF EXTENSIVE TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL AND COULD HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED ON FRIDAY 2 JULY IN TIME TO JOIN THE HOSTAGES WHO WERE RELEASED. BUT SHE HAD BEEN KEPT BEYOND THAT TIME BECAUSE IT HAD COME TO LIGHT THAT SHE HAD DEVELOPED ULCERS ON HER LEG. SHE SHOULD NEVERTHELESS HAVE REJOINED THE OTHER HOSTAGES PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE. 5 , WITH HIS MANY OTHER COMMITMENTS HE COULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ORDER HE GAVE WAS CARRIED OUT. THERE HAD SIMPLY BEEN TOO MUCH TO DO. BUT HE WAS MAKING ENQUIRIES IHTO MRS BLOCH'S DISAPPEARANCE. AT THIS POINT I SUGGESTED THAT A COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY WITH AN INDEPENDANT CHAIRMAN MIGHT B£ APPROPRIATE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. A M I N REPLIED THAT THE DEFENCE COUNCIL WAS STILL SENSITIVE ON THE ISRAELI ISSUE- FEELINGS HAD BEEN OUTRAGED BUT HE TOOK MY POINT AND WOULD SET UP A MINISTERIAL ENQUIRY AT ONCE HEADED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS TO LOOK INTO ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING MRS BLOCH DISppEARANCE . AMIN CONCLUDED BY ASKING .ME IF i COULD POSTPONE MY RETUPN TO LONDON TODAY IN ORDER TO AWAIT A UGANDAN VRITYQf STATEMENT ABOUT MPS BLOCH V H I C H / J D U L D LET HE HAVE TOMORROW, ~ 2 .,