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IPS TO PM NO' 10 DOWNING ST "" " " CONFIDENTIAL ' " P L A S H . &R 320 CYPHER.CAT A FH KAMPALA 071230Z CONFIDENTIAL TO FLASH FCO TELNO 125 OF 7 JUNE INFO NAIROBI HY TELNO 123 CHGM WE HAVE SO FAR BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN HARD INFORMATION"ABOUT AMIN'S WHEREABOUTS. WELBORN'S VISIT TO ENTEBBE REVEALED THAT TWO 707'S ONE UNDER HEAVY ARMY GUARD WERE THERE, BUT NO GULFSTREAM. HOWEVER, TWELVE STATE RESEARCH CARS WERE PARKED-IN AIRPORT PRSCIHCTS AT ABOUTiMDDAYi.'TODAY AND THE PRESIDENTIAL RANGE'ROVERf-FOLLOWED BY MERCEDES WITH DARKENED WINDOWS, WERE SEEN TRAVELLING TOWARDS AIRPORT WITH HEADLIGHTS FLASHING AND AT SPEED AT ABOUT 12.30 HRS. PASSENGERS IN LATTER VEHICLE WERE MOT IDENTIFIED. THUS, THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO A PEAK OF SECURITY ACTIVITY AT ENTEBBE AT LUNCH TIME AND TO A PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENT. 2. YOU WILL HAVE NOTED FROM 1300 HRS RADIO UGANDA NEWS THAT VICE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING RECEIVED DEPARTING SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR AND STRESSED HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUNNING COUNTRY IN AMIN#8 ABSENCE ABROAD. ADRISI'S STATEMENT THAT LATTER LEFT FROM AN AIRFIELD BETWEEN ENTEBBE AND GULU (IE NAKASONGOLA) IS OF COURSE QUITE PLAUSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE DISCLOSURE OF ADVANCE INFORMATION ABOUT AMIH'S DEPARTURE, PLUS THE TIMINGS, PERSUADES US THAT HE WAS IN UGANDA AT LUNCHTIME OR WAS ABOUT TO DEPART FOR SOME FRIENDLY COUNTRY EG ZAIRE OR LIBYA, WHERE HE COULD AWAIT HMGS REACTIONS TO DEVELOPMENTS SO FAR, EITHER SWITCHING TO GUIFSTREAM OR KEEPING BOEING ON STANDBY FOR ONWARD TRIP TO UK OR RETURN TO UGANDA. IN THIS CONNECTION YOU WILL HAVE NOTED THAT FOREIGN Ml MISTER, JUHA ORIS, CALLED AT BANGUI ON RETURN TRIP FROM KINSHASA EARLIER THIS WEEK, . CONFIDENTIAL ' /3-