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TMt *fn»WJC OP UGANOA ft The Rt, Hon. James Gallagher 10, Downing Street, L O N D O N . 6th April, 1976. %. -t~4v 2* Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I wish, on bdhalf of tihe Government, the people of the Republic oj Uganda and on my o»n behalfj tp congratulate you upon your election as leader of the Labour Party a^fa consequently as the new British Prime Minister. The news of y^u_r_j»j8ction came as no surprise to us because we knew all along that your eminent qualities of leadership, pragmatism, coupled with your immense experience as a Member of Parliament, the Labour Party, successive Labour Governments and also your experience in the Navy qualify you as the most suitable statesman to lead Britain particularly at this time when your Country and the entire World is going through difficult times caused by the World wide inflation and growing unemployment. I earnestly appeal to the people of Great Britain to rally behind you as their new Prime Minister, in order to find solutions to the problems affecting their country because there is no other person outside Britain who can effectively solve these problems except the British people themselves. We in Uganda, still recall your memorable visit to this country last year, when you were still Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary. That visit coupled with your clear understanding of the problems involved at the time, greatly helped to normalise relations between Uganda and the United Kingdom and I am confident that under your brilliant and able leadership, the already cordial relations happily existing between our two countries, will continue to thrive far the mutual benefit of our two peoples. On the question of compensation, I wish to assure you that my Government is ready to speed up the discussions and finalise the matter as soon as passible. It is also my personal wish and desire and that of my Government that the traditional cooperation that has existed between our two countries in the various areas such as Educational, Trade, Technical and Scientific fields should be continued and strengthened further. As the current Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity, I wish to state that your leadership comes at the most opportune moment when the problems in Zimbabwe have reached a stage where your Government has to come up with a decisive action to ensure that the principle of . majority rule is not only said but also seen to be put in practice. You are/no doubt aware that the /also Organisation of African Unity still holds Britain responsible for the affairs ....12