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iS'l VI K.UIJH I OV'F NR E 175/80?/10 I.HH P01/10 00 FCO RR NAIROBI RR UKM, IS NEW YORK RR WASHIGTON GRS 1000 CYPHER CAT A PK KAMPALA 1(513152 CONFIDENTIAL H O . | O TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 113 OF 10 TH APRIL REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO NAIROBI, UKMIS NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON. MY TEL NO 108s ANGLO UGANDAN RELATIONS 1 , I WAS SUMMONED TO SEE THE PRESIDENT AT THE COMMAND POST LATE THIS MORNING. HEAD OF CHANCERY ACCOMPANIED ME. MINISTERS OF HOWE AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE, HEAD OF STATE RESEARCH BUREAU (SECRET POLICE) COMMANDER OF AIRBORNE REGIMENT, UGANDAN ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER IN LONDON AID HIS COUNSELLOR TOGETHER V.'ITH VARIOUS OTHER OFFICIALS, TV AND PRESS WERE PRESENT. ? . THE PRESIDENT BEGAN BY REFERRING TO OUR LAST CONVERSATION (MY. TEL NO 94) WHEN I HAD POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO MAIN OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF HIS DESIRE TO NORMALISE RELATIONS, THE FIRST OF WHICH HE HAD REMOVED (BY LIFTING RESTRICTIONS ON THIS MISSION) AND THE SECOND OF WHICH (COMPENSATION) HE HAD SAID HE WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO DISPOSE OF AS SOON AS BSSIBLE. HE HAD SUMMONED ME NOW TO SAY THAT HE HAD COMPLETED A L L THE WORK ON THE COMPENSATION CLAIMS OF BOTH BRITISH AND NON-CITIZEN ASIANS, IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIKE BUT,HE ADDED, UGANDA HAD KEEN HUGH QUICKER THAN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES V'HICH STILL OWED BRITAIN COMPENSATION. HE WAS READY TO PAY COMPENSATION NOW (.A ' PREGNANT PAUSE) IN CASH, 3. HE WOULD SEND A TELEGRAM TO,THE PRIME MINISTER INVITING THE LATTER TO VISIT KAMPALA SO THAT THE MATTER COULD BE FINISHED. IF THERE WERE ANY DIFFICULTIES OR COMPLICATIONS THESE COULD-BE SORTED OUT LATER BY OFFICIALS, h, BEFORE HE COULD :«NCLUOr- TH,I INTERVIEW I MANAGED TO MAj<£ THE POINT THAT IJGANRAh LAW AS I UNDERSTOOD IT REQUIRED THE COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO THE EXPROPRIATED rO**f'Al'!ES - Ann MOT TO HF'P, ME V'AS READY FOR THIS* &e