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CONFIDENTIAL ,/j <*.*»• «H- If 1- -t" Foreign and Commonwealth Office JX>«MA. S» H*H «•**•* ^ *^M~ / . / iw v. f J r London SW1A 2AH 6 June 1975 Uganda: Message to the Prime Minister - '\tdM^ You have already seen the message sent to the Priipe Minister by President Amin, accusing him of attempting to persuade African Commonwealth Heads of State to boycott the OAU summit conference due to be held in Kampala in July-August this year and attacking the policies of members of the "Mulungushi Club" (composed of the Presidents of Zambia, 0^ **r Tanzania and Zaire). We do not know whether Amin has yet made the message public. He is almost sure to do so. Anglo-Ugandan relations are at an even lower than usual ebb as a result of the threatened trial and execution of the British lecturer, Mr Denis Hills, and of the efforts of our High Commissioner in Kampala on Mr Hill's behalf. To give the lie direct to President Amin's accusation in a personal reply from the Prime Minister might put Hills' life in greater/ jeopardy and prejudice the international representations we have organised on Hills' behalf. The Prime Minister might therefore be best advised to treat President Amin's communication as unworthy of reply. If he agreed to do so we would propose to instruct our News Department to confirm in response to questions that a message from Amin has been received and deny that we in any way interfered in Kingston with the OAU's summit plans, which we regard as a purely African affair. 'r' 1 O-v (R. N. Dales) Patrick Wright, Esq., 10 Downing Street. CONFIDENTIAL