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FI4SH CONFIDENTIAL . . . C HER CAT A j FM KAMPALA 091615Z • CONFIDENTIAL TO FLASH FCO TEL MO 131 OF 9 JUNE AND TO IMMEDIATE PARIS WASHINGTON NAIROBI AND KINSHASA. MY TELEGRAM NO 130 TO FCO. 111IS EVENINGS 1700 HOURS RADIO UGANDA NEWS ANNOUNCED THATl A) AM IN HAD RETURNED FROM THE RWANDAN/TANZAN I AN/UGANDAN BORDERS WHERE HE HAD HAD USEFUL TALKS WITH REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS FROM TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA. THE COMMONWEALTH WAS NOT AS IMPORTANT A3 OAU, UNITED NATIONS, MOM ALIGNED ORGANISATION AND WAS FULL OF IMPERIALIST MINDED MEMBERS. B) A BRITON HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES, HAVING BEEN DENOUNCED TO UGANDAN AUTHORITIES BY A- BELGIAN.' PRISONER WAS BEING HELD IN A REMOTE PART OF UGANDA, WOULD BE TRIED BY A MILITARY TRIBUNAL AND EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IF FOUND GUILTY, C) ANYONE BUYING BRITISH PROPERTY IN UGANDA DID SO AT THEIR OWN RISK. 0) FRENCH/UGANDAN RELATIONS WERE GOOD AND FORMER SHOULD NOT BIT INVOLVED IN BRITISH AFFAIRS. THEREFORE FRENCH EMBASSY SHOULD CEASE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRITISH INTERESTS AND HMG SHOULD FIND A REPLACEMENT, UNDER WHICH WELBORN AND MYSELF COULD REMAIN IN UGANDA, 2, THE ANNOUNCEMENT THEREFORE CONSTITUTES THE NEXT EiJCALATORY STEP. IT ADMITS THAT AM IN IS BACK IN UGANDA, WITHOUT CONCEDING THAT HE HAS NEVER ATTENDED CHGM. Tilt- CRITICISM OF COMMONWEALTH IS fiO DOUBT INTENDED TO EXPLAIN THIS. /3.PREDICTABLY CONFIDENTIAL