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-fj Department Drafted by (Block Capitals) EAD M K EWANS OUTWARD TELEGRAM Tel. Extn,, 233-4549 Security Classification CONFIDENTIAL Precedence IMMEDIATE DESKBY .G1Q73.G Z FOR COMMS. DEPT. USE Despatched (Date) (Time) POSTBY. PREAMBLE (Time of Origin) 2(G.M.T.) (Security Class.) 99MBBBM (Codeword) (Restrictive Prefix).. (Caveat/ Privacy Marking)..... (Deskby). .0.30.73.0...... Z T 0 IMMEpiATE M?£? Tel. (precedence) AND TO (precedence/post). (post) No of. AND SAVING TO REPEATED TO (for info). SAVING TO (for info). Distribution:- Piles PS PS/iMr Judd PS/Mr Rowlands PS/PUS Mr Graham Mr Mansfield Head of EAD " WAD " CCD [TEXT] YOUR TELNO 487: CHGM 1. This indication of a changed Nigerian at±itude is highly disturbing. It is most important that the Nigerians should not adopt an attitude which might infect Copies to:- Sir John Hunt Cabinet Office PS/No 10 other Commonwealth Governments^ Brigadier Garba told me in Paris that if anything was done to humiliate Amin, the reaction of black Africans could be very adverse. I made it clear to Garba that we were doing all in our power to avoid a situation in which Amin's presence created the need for difficult decisions. However, feeling in the UK ran very high and the difficulties could not be overlooke •It may bo that the -eottcopn- now.....»emana=tiing fp«m -DOdan Barre o o m o o •f-r-oia--£a;rba. 2. *In the circumstances it-ooomo to us ..important -to. -do r utmost iirmyfrfyt- 1voar thn N i c ^ i P m nn •Hr*-^*t^«, Jleasre tlTererore seek to possible:- -from1 the Prime Minister -sp — 1 — ire^following message Obasanjo,/as soon /BEGINS