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3. on cor-^iiNSAi \OA THE COING WAS ALWAYS MORE DIFFICULT UNTIL *THE VERY LAST PAY, »,>G.\*-IDAN BEHAVIOUR IN UNILATERALLY CHANGING V H £ RULFS OF THE GAME BY ENACTING, AND THEN PRODUCING, NEW LEGISLATION' WH!!.E VHE TALKS WERE IN PROGRESS, APPEARED OUTRAGEOUS. I AH MOT CONVINCED HOWEVER THAT THEIR INTENTIONS WERE NECESSARILY MALICIOUS AND THEIR .PREFERENCE TOR A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT ARRANGEMENT CAN PROBABLY, WITH FURTHER THOUGHT, BF ' TURNED TO OUR ADVANTAGE, WE ARE IN FACT A FEW PACES FURTHER FORWARD OVER COMPENSATION. THE UGANDANS SAY THAT VALUATIONS OF ASIAN PROPERTY HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED AND WILL . BE NOTIFIED AND DISCUSSED WITH US ONCE BRITISH CLAIMANTS- HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE HAVE AGREED THE DETAIL OF WHAT FURTHER PARTICULARS THE UGANDANS NEED TO IDENTIFY THE BRITISH ASIANS CONCERNED,THUS THERE VMS, PARTICULARLY ON THE LAST DAY, SOME SUBSTANTIVE NEGOTIATION DESPITE AMIN'S ORIGINAL GUIDELINES WHICH MADE UGANDAN OFFICIALS FAR FROM FORTHCOMING INITIALLY OVER COMPENSATION. I STRESSED OUR GREAT CONCERN OVER COMPENSATION AND THE UGANDANS, I THINK, GOT THF. MESSAGE, BUT I SUSP.ECT THAT THEY WERE MORE FORTHCOMING ON MONDAY BECAUSE THEY HAD A NEW BRIEF FROM AM IN ON HIS RETURN FRO ABROAD. . . • 4 . I GAINED THE IMPRESSION THAT THE UGANDAN PRESSURE ON US TO TAKE NOTE OF THEIR STRONG BELIEF THAT THERE SHOULD BE.NO BAN ON SPARES AND AMMUNITION FOR BRITISH SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT V/AS DUE TO A GENUINE DESIRE ON THE PART OF THE ARMY TO RESUME MORE NORMAL RELATIONS WITH US AND THAT THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY HAVE BECOME DEPENDENT ON THE BLOC. I MADE IT ABSOLUTELY PLAIN THAT. ANY REFERENCETO ARMS AND AMMUNITION ,' OTHER THAN THE SPARES MENTIONED BY YOU, WAS OUTSIDE". MY BRIEF, BUT THE AIRING OF THE QUESTION OPENLY HAY HAVE BEEN- HEALTHY AND I WAS ABLE TO EMPHASISE THE POINT THAT, AFTER THE EVI-MTS OF 1972, THEIR REQUEST POSED VERY CONSIDERABLE POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES FOS US. I HOPE NONETHELESS THAT WHEN THE AGREEIr MINUTES ARE EXAMINED IT F-AY PROVE POSSIBLE TO RESPOND FAVOURABLY TO 'THE UGANDAN REQUEST THAT SPARES SHOULD UZ AVAILABLE CM A CONTINUING BASIS. ( i THINK THIS IS PROBABLY IMPLIED BY THE UNDERTAKING ALREADY GIVEN.) IT COULD BE USEFUL TOO TO CONSIDER Yf-'tt POSSIBILITY OF SUPPLYING SPORTING ' GUMS AND SPORTING At^UN ITiON; CONFIDENTIAL ^ [ - — ^ "-'I