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PRIORITY • GR 275 EN CLAIR FM LUSAKA 301200Z UNCLASSIFIED TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 393 OF 3 0 / 5 / 7 7 , COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT METING* AMIN 1 . TODAY'S TIMES OF ZAMBIA CARRIERS A STRONGLY WORDED EDl/fORIAL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AMIN ATTENDING THE CH06M, THE EDITORIAL BEGINS " THERE IS NO WAY IN WHICH IDI AMIN'S PRESENCE AT THE COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE IN LONDON NEXT WEEK COULD BRING GLORY TO A F R I C A " , IT GOES ON TO REFER TO PRESIDENT KAUNDA'S RECENT CONDEMNATION OF AMIN AND FORESEES THAT IF AMIN DOES GO TO LONDON , KAUNDA " WILL NOT MINCE HIS WORDS". THE ARTICLE CONTINUES BY QUOTING THE ESTIMATES OF PEOPLE MURDERED BY AMIN RECENTLY RELEASED BY THE ICJ. I T COMMENTS THAT ALTHOUGH AMIN GAINED SOME SUPPORT AMONG YOUNG AFRICANS FOR THE WAY IN WHICH HE DEALT WITH THE ASIANS AND ISRAELIS IN UGANDA THE HERO-WORSHIP HAS TURNED INTO REVULSION, 2. AS A RESULT OF HIS EXCESSES THE ARTICLE SUGGESTS THAT AMIN SHOULD BE "CONSIGNED TO THE SAME RUBBISH DUMP AS THE FASCIST , .. RACIST, HITLER-WORSHIPPING VORSTER AND HIS MINION S M I T H " . 3 . THE EDITORIAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT I F AMIN DOES ATTEND THE CONFERENCE THE AFRICANS WILL BE UNEQUIVOCAL IN THEIR CONDEMNATION OF HIS PRESENCE, IT SUGGESTS THAT THEY SHOULD SIMPLY WALK OUT WEN HE STANDS TO-1 SPEAK SO AS TO AVOID THE APPEARANCH OF CONDONING HIS PRESENCE. A . THE