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CONFIDENTIAL Sir A Duff UGANDA 1. Just before he left for Chequers this afternoon the PUS had a telephone call from Mr Frank Giles of the Sunday Times, who said he had with him in his office Mr Kyemba, who until yesterday had been Minister of Health in Uganda. In that capacity he had gone to Geneva for a WHO meeting, but he had decided to defect, and had come to the Sunday Times with an offer to sell them his story. The newspaper had given him a large sum of money, and proposed to send him to a cottage in the country, accompanied by a member of their staff who would assist him in producing a fairly long report. 2. According to Mr Giles, Mr Kyemba is in a position to reveal a good deal about the Amin regime; for instance he has said that he knows the true story of how Mrs Bloch and Archbishop Luwum had died. Not surprisingly Mr Giles expects the revelations to produce something of a furore: the first instalment would be published on 5 June. 3. Mr Giles said he was telling the PUS this with Mr Kyemba*s agreement, and indeed at his express wish. He had indicated that he had already been in touch with the Home Office about his defection, but in what terms Mr Giles was not clear. Mr Kyemba had mentioned that he had had a Ugandan bodyguard while he was in Geneva, and that this man had followed him to London, but had been turned back by the Immigration authorities at Heathrow: Mr Giles seemed to think that this indicated that the Home Office had known beforehand of Mr Kyemba*s proposed defection. 4. Mr Giles said that it seemed to him that for the next 2 or 3 weeks at least Mr Kyemba should have Special Branch protection, and he asked whether the PUS thought this could be arranged officially. The PUS said he would think about it; his first reaction was that the newspaper might wish to arrange protection from one of the commercial security companies but he would contact Mr Giles again tomorrow when he had had an opportunity to consider the point. 5. The PUS would be grateful for your advice on what he should say to Mr Giles about protection, and whether he should comment on the proposed timing of the Sunday Times story. J 0 Kerr PS/PUS 1 June 1977 /Copied to: CONFIDENTIAL