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%A~ CONFIDENTIAL IMMEDIATE GR 390 CYPHER CAT A FH NAIROBI 131218Z AUG CONFIDENTIAL TO IMMEDnJSr-fW TELNO 2149 OF 13 AUGUST 1976. MYJEIMO 2137 OF 12 AUGUST, VKEW-' /UGANDA RELATIONS. 1 . BRUCE MCKENZIE RANG ME THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT, HAVING BEEN ASKED BY HIS UGANDA MANAGING DIRECTOR TO BE IN HtS OFFICE FOR A TIMED TELEPHONE CALL, HE RECEIVED CALL FROM AM IN PERSONALLY. GIST OF AMIN'S REMARKS WAS THAT HE WAS ANXIOUS TO RESTORE HIS RELATION- . SHIP WITH PRESIDENT KENYATTA WITH WHICH MCKENZIE HAD BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING. IN THE PAST, AM IN WISHED A MESSAGE TO BE PASSED TO THE PRESIDENT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO RESTORE SOME • COMMUNICATION OR LINE OF CONTACT WITH HMG, AMlM ADDED THAT HE REALISED THAT THERE HAD BEEN MANY MISTAKES MADE IN THE PAST AND HE WAS NOW ANXIOUS TO IMPROVE HIS RELATIONS AMD REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF THE " SOCIALIST BLOC' 1 ON UGANDA, 2, MCKENZIE SAID THAT HE WAS ON THE WAY TO MOMBASA TODAY AND WOULD CONVEY THIS MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT KENYATTA, HE WOULD IN DUE COURSE CONVEY A MESSAGE BACK THROUGH HIS BUSINESS CONTACT TO AM IN THAT MESSAGE HAD BEEN DELIVERED. I SUGGESTED THAT HE CONFINE ANY SUCH REPLY TO SAYING THAT MESSAGE HAD BEEN CONVEYED TO THE PRESIDENT, 3 , MCKENZIE FtLT THAT PRESIDENT KENYATTA WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO WISH TO GET INVOLVED AS A MIDDLE-MAN AND THAT HIS ADVISERS WOULD HOT WISH HIM TO DO SO. MCKENZIE THOUGHT THAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT THEREFORE INSTRUCT HIM SIMPLY TO TELL AM IN THAT THE MESSAGE HAD BEEN PASSED ON TO US. CONFIDENTIAL ' /'*"• X