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M'C CONCERNING THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH FAMILY BRITAIN IS YET ITTING ANOTHER GRAVE MISTAKE STOP \ ,M COMMA HOWEVER COMMA CONFIDENT THAT WHTEVER MANOEUVERS AND MACHINATIONS BRITAIN AND A FEW OTHER MEM3ERS WHO ARE IN HER POCKETS •'AY MAKE COMMA THESE DO NOT REPRESENT THE TRUE FEELINGS OF OUR ORGA- »I CATION STOP • AS FOR YOU COMMA MY DEAR MR SECRETARY GENERAL COMMA PERHAPS I DC . .7 -\_u.! "fO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR ELECTION TO THAT POST BY A UNANI- MOUS 7<:TL OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE LAST MLETI.'xG IN KI.VGSTONL" COMMA JAMAICA COMMA IN 1975 COMMA WAS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE 3Y THE DIRECTIVES I GAVE TO MY DELEGATION TO THAT CONFERENCE 10 aPPORT YOU AS THE FIRST SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH "ROM vIOVEMEN'T STOP I WOULD BE FAILING IN MY DUTY OF PROMOTING THE NOBLE IDEALS FOR .HIGH THE COMMON-WEALTH STANDS IF I DID NOT CAUTION AGAINST THE DAN- :ERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT BEING MANIPULATED BY A MEMBER ;F OUR ORGANISATION STOP I THOUGHT IT NECESSARY THAT I SHOULD INFORM YOU A30UT THE RECENT :OMMJN1CAT!ON BETWEEN THE BRITISH PRIME MINSTER AND MYSELF SO AS TO [£T YOU KNOW UGANDAS POSITION CONCERNING THE FORTH-COMING MEETING F THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT JUST IN CASE UGANDA £ NOT REPRESENTED STOP EL A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WHICH IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NON-ALIGNED E I WISH COMMA HOWEVER COMMA TO ASSURE YOU COMMA YOUR EXCELLENCY DMMA THAT UGANDA IS COMMITTED TO THE IDEALS FOR WHICH THE COMMON -ALTH STANDS AND APPRECIATES THE EFFORTS YOU AS ITS SECRETARY GENE M IS MAKING TO WARDS THEIR REALIZATION STOP FINALLY COMMA PLEASE COMMA ACCEPT COMMA YOUR EXCELLENCY COMMA HE ASSURANCE OF MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION AND ESTEEM. AL-HAJ! FfELD MARSHAL DR IDl AMIN DADA VCf DSO, MC, LIFE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA* THE RT HON JAMES CALLAGHAN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ' NO 10 DOWNING STREET LONDON. (THROUGH THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH) H E DR ETEKI M30UM0UA SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAU ADDIS ABABA n e < <- ri 7 ern. A c 'Jrlif il i 5 M. r* Jf^R. s - ft 1 W