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;. t c ", 5 Y ? 3 H 0 f i Z • R-t KAMPALA ?308&0Z CONFIDENTIAL . ' ? 5 TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 33 OF ?3 RD JANUARY REPEATED FOR INFGRMATK TO N A I R O B I . 1 . "PRESIDENT A K I N ' S TELEGRAM TO THE QUEE?! ANHOUWCI KG H!S "INTENTION TO V I S I T ENGLAND OM AUGUST 4 WAS BROADCAST OH RADIO UGANDA LAST WIGHT . WE HAD NO PRIOR WARNING , NOR HAVE WE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE TELEGRAM . (AMIN WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT |' WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT I T ) . 2. I T S IMPERTINENT TONE BR|"MGS TO MIND SIMILAR TELEGRAMS TO PRESIDENT NIXON AMD MRS GOLDA MEiR LAST YEAR. MO DOUBT IT REFLECT HIS MOUNTING CHAGRIN AT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS , STARTING V'lTH THE CM! SSI ON OF UGANDA FROM YOUR AFRICAN TOUR(I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT T H I S UPSET HIM MORE THAN MANY THOUGHT AT THE TIME) AND ENDING WITH MINISTER WAKHWEYA'S DECISION LAST WEEK TO RESIGN AND SEEK REFUGE I ri THE UK. THE GARBLED VERSION OF THE SUNDAY •TELEGRAPH COMMENT ( Y0U3 TELNO 1?) WHICH HE APPEARS TO BELIEVE WAS BROADCAST BY THE BEC AS A CALL TO ASSASSINATE H I M , ALSO TOUCHED A RAW NERVE.( BUT THERE SEEMS NO DOUBT , FROM TIMING INVOLVED , THAT AMIf-i'S TELEGRAM WAS AT LEAST IN DRAFT BEFORE MFA RECEIVED OUR NOTE DECLINING INVITATION TO SEND DELEGATION TO CELEBRATiONS-MY TEL 31 REFERS). 3 . THE TELEGRAM DOES NOT APPEAR TO CALL FOR A REPLY . I T IS IK AMY CASE BENEATH CONTEMPT. I F ASKED TO COI-'NEfiT I WCULB f-Et'L INCLINED TO SAY THAT |T SEEMS'THAT THE PRESIDCNT IS ! >. -\ STATE OF DEEP DEPRESSION OVER MR WAKHWEYA'S LIKELY RCVELATi Olifl AND CAN NO LONGER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ACTIONS .AS FOR THE V I S I T TO B R I T A I N WE SHALL HAVE TO SEE WHETHER AMIii IS S T I L L PRESIDENT NEARER THE TIME . IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE UNWELCCME t Mid THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF MIGHT JUDGE ON REFLECTION THAT I T MIGHT BE WISE TO RECONSIDER THE V I S I T IN THE LIGHT OF TUG REACTION THAT COULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE MANY UGANDANS WHO MOW PREFER P R i T A I N TO UGANDA ,