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.jktjffi.^f^r::^--?-^-' s^3^^:j%;rj;5^f?•*> ^tftvgist^^^^t^a^ :^?i^>^^|t^w*'^|5yy% CYPHER CAT A - - ^SoE^ru 0 2 PERSONAL MESSAGE TO IMMEDIATE KAMPALA TELNO 329 OF 2JJ NO^EMffE^Llsfe. .Tll..^...pS... INFO PRIORITY NAIROBI, KINSHASA, UKMIS NEW YORK, MOSCOW, LAGOS, PRETORIA AND ADDIS ABABA. YOUR TELNO 637 AND MY IPT (NOT TO ALL): PRESIDENT AMIN'S MESSAGE ABOUT ANGOLA. 1. THE PRIVE MINISTER HAS APPROVED THE FOLLOWING REPLY TO PRESIDENT AMIN'S MESSAGE TO HIM OF 12 NOVEMBER. PLEASE TRANSMIT IT TO THE PRESIDENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE INFORMING US BY IMMEDIATE TELEGRAM - WHEN YOU HAVE DONE SO. WE WILL THEN ANNOUNCE THAT A REPLY HAS BEEN SENT. MESSAGE BEGINS: DEAR MR PRESIDENT I V.'AS GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE YOUR MESSAGE OF \2 NOVEMFER I1/ WHICH, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE OAU, YOU WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO EXPRESS YOUR APPRECIATION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON ANGOLA AS EXPRESSED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON 10 NOVEMBER. WE ARE, OF COURSE, DEEPLY CONCERNED OVE-R THE TRAGEDY OF THAT TROUBLED COUNTRY AND ANXIOUS THAT PEACE SHOULD'BE SPEEDILY RESTORED. OUR POLICY HAS THROUGHOUT BEEN ONE OF IMPARTIALITY AS BETWEEN THE RIVAL GROUPS IN ANGOLA. WE THEREFORE FULLY SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES OF THE OAU UNDER YOUR CHAIRMANSHIP TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THE' BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF ANGOLA AS A WHOLE. WE'WARMLY WELCOME YOUR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO THAT END. ' MESSAGE-; ENDS-.;*" ;"" : ^• '^"['"f: K W i . , , . . . • ^ A s p i i r ^ - v : - . • . : . . • . . • • - • • ; • • • • • - • • / • • • v \ : .• • • . ' . • " P O D : • • - • • • . • • - • • . • .";. - . . . . . . . . ; . ; . . . ' . - DEP DEPT P S CC0PIES SEIW TO NO. 10 DOWNING STEEET] CONFIDENTIAL