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f PRIME MINISTER DEATHS IN UGANDA I You asked me this evening to discuss with the Foreign and Commonwealth Offic the possibility of an FCO statement on the death of the Anglican Archbishop in Uganda. As you probably know, the Archbishop of Canterbury has already issued a statement on the Archbishop's death. The FCO referred to the death at their News Department briefing this afternoon, and said that the Government were distressed at it. They take the view that it would be most unusual to issue a statement about the death of a non-British citizen (other than a Head of Government or Head of State) but propose to repeat the line at tomorrow's news conference that the British Government v^ry fnnp.h r^prrAt fhf> death of this distinguished Ugandan. Unless you want me to press them further on this, I think that this should probably be sufficient. 17 February 1977