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CYPHER CAT A I:.;;.;SDIAT:5 f E S K B Y P31100Z FM KAMPALA ?300Al*Z CONFIDENTIAL TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 33 OF P3 RD JANUARY REPEATED FOR TO NAI ROD I . AM 1 . PRESIDENT AMIN'S TELEGRAM TO THE QUEEN ANNOUNCING HIS INTENTION TO V I S I T ENGLAND ON AUGUST 4 WAS BROADCAST ON RADIO UGANDA LAST NIGHT . WE HAD NO PRIOR WARNING , NOR HAVE WE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE TELEGRAM . ( A M ' | M WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT | WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT I T ) . 2. ITS IMPERTINENT TONE BRJNGS TO MIND SIMILAR TELEGRAMS TO PRESIDENT NIXON AMD MRS GOLDA MEIR LAST YEAR. MO DOUBT IT REFLECTS HIS MOUNTING CHAGRIN AT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS > STARTING V.'ITH THE OMISSION OF UGANDA FROM YOUR AFRICAN TOUR(I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY-THAT THIS UPSET HIM MORE THAN MANY THOUGHT AT THE TIME) AND ENDING WITH MINISTER WAKHV/EYA'S DECISION LAST WEEK TO RESIGN A.VD SEEK REFUGE IN THE UK. THE GARBLED VERSION OF THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH CCMMENT (YOUR TELNO 1?) WHICH HE APPEARS TO BELIEVE WAS BROADCAST EY THE PEC AS A CALL TO ASSASSINATE HIM, ALSO TOUCHED A RAW NERVE.( RUT THERE SEEMS NO DOUBT , FROM TIMING INVOLVED , THAT AMIN'S TELF^AM VMS AT LEAST IN DRAFT BEFORE MFA RECEIVED OUR MOTE INCLINING INVITATION TO SEND DELEGATION TO CELEBRATIOMS-MY TEL 31 REFERS). ? . THE TELEGRAM DOES NOT APPEAR TO CALL FOR A. REPLY . I T IS IN AMY CASE BENEATH CONTEMPT, I F ASKED TO COMMENT I WOULD FEEL 2 INCLINED TO SAY THAT IT SEEDS'THAT THC PRESIDENT. IS IN A, STATE I OF DEEP DEPRESSION OVER MR WAKHWEYA'S LIKELY REVELATIONS AND CAN NO LONGER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ACTIONS .AS FOR THE V I S I T TO BRITAIN WE SHALL HAVE TO SEE WHETHER AMIN IS STILL PRESIDENT NEARER THE TIME . IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE UNWELCOME f AND THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF MIGHT JUDGE ON REFLECTION THAT IT MIGHT RE WISE TO RECONSIDER THE V I S I T IN THE LIGHT OF THE REACTION THAT COULD BE EXPECTED-FROM THE MANY UGANDANS WHO NOW PREFER BRITAIN TO UGANDA . I u. So? y°o