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Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AH 23 January, 1975 General Amin I am writing to offer advice on what reply might be sent to General Amin's message to The Queen, of which a copy is attached. I also attach a telegram from our Acting High Commissioner in Kampala, commenting on the message. The General's message was received via the Crown Agents. Copies were addressed to the Prime Minister and Mr. Heath but not to our High Commission in Kampala. Radio Uganda broadcast a lengthy summary of the telegram simultaneously with its despatch. As you will see from the text, the message is intemperate in language, its general tenor is insulting, and its content is unacceptable in that it indicates an intention to make contact with advocates of the secession of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom. Its appearance is somewhat surprising, coming as it does only a short while after General Amin professed a wish to 'turn over a new leaf in his relations with us. Our Acting High Commissioner considers that it may have been prompted by recent articles in the British Press, by the omission of Uganda from the Secretary of State's African tour and by the recent defection to the UK of Amin's Minister of Finance, Mr. Wakhweya. There would seem to us to be some advantage in our showing General Amin that his presence here is unwelcome and in making our reply public. As one would expect with a dictator, he is reported to be impressed by firm action on our part (e.g. our reciprocal reduction to five of the Ugandan High Commission here). He has been known Patrick Wright Esq., 10, Downing Street, London S.W.I. CONFIDENTIAL