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681 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Aug 15, 1978 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Your Letter · 28 pages OCR'd
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FDW £ fc K*o- D- * > I ADVANCE COPIES I g~^j^. A LHH MR 30 ZZ FCO GR 3 0 0 CYPHER FH KAMPALA 1115S0Z JUNE CONFIDENTIAL TO FLASH FCO TEL NO 183 OF 11 JUNE 1 . SHORTLY BEFOR £ 7 PM 10 JUNE AS PRESIDENT AM ill WAS LEAVING* THE POLICE TRAINING COLLEGE AT NSAMBYA, KAMPALA, AFTER ATTENDING A POLICE PASSING OUT PARADE, THREE HAND GREMADES WERE HURLED TOWARDS HIS CAR* AM IN WAS BELIEVED NOT TO HAVE BEEft INJURED B U T H I S DRIVES WAS KILLED. THE A££A WAS IMMEDIATELY CORDONED OFF BY TROOPS BUT THERE WERE NO FURTHER INCIDENTS AND ALL OTHER DISTRICTS OF KAMAPLA REMAINED CALM, 2,THE 5 P M RADIO NEWS TODAY INCLUDED A LENGTHY STATEMENT BY A MILITARY SPOK.EMAN CONFIRMING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AHO ADDING ffft&T 39 PEOPLE HAD BEEN INJURED 4 OF THEM SERIOUSLY (ONE OF VHOM SINCE DIED) THE STATEMENT ALLEGED THAT THE GRENADES V£RE OF ISRAELI AND AMERICAN ORIGIN, BLAMED THE ATTACK ON ENEMIES OF PRESIDENT AMIN AND UGANDA, AND SAID THAT THE PERPETRATORS VIE RE NOVI IN CUSTODY UNDERGOING I H T E H Q G A T I O N . 3 . THE SITUATION IN KAMPALA HAS SEEvEB NORMAL TODAY WITH NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF TENSION. THE FOREIGN MINISTER (VITH OTHE UGANDAN OFFICIALS)'ATTENDED MY GEP CELEBRATION AT 1 0.AHD WENT AFTERWARDS TO THE NILE HOTEL TO WITNESS THE PRESENTATION OF THE AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR'S CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT AMlN HORROCKS NNNN
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