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I - E D I AH- CONFIDENTIAL CYPHFjl/CAT A _ _ , „ , . , . . ,.'•• ••••--• R ^ F C 0 2 7 2 1 3 0 Z P E R S W , • • • / • . - \-"•'-•••- DESKBY 280530Z ^ ' TO IMMEDIATE DAR ES SALAAM TELNO 184 OF 27 JULY INFO IMMEDIATE NAIROBI. . YOUR TELNOS/232 "AND 233x UGANDA/KENYA RELATIONS. 1 , PLEASE DELIVER FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER TO PRESIDENT HYERERE. BEGINS. DEAR MR PRESIDENT, I WAS CONCERNED TO READ MR STRONG'S REPORT OF THE MEET IMG WHICH YOUR FOREIGN MINISTER HAD WITH A NUMBER OF HEADS OF MISSION IN DAR-ES-SALAAM ON 20 JULY, IN WHICH SOME DISQUIET WAS EXPRESSED ABOUT ALLEGED BRITISH INVOLVEMENT IN THE DISPUTE BETWEEN KENYA AND UGANDA, I WOULD BE UNHAPPY I F YOU WERE TO BE MISLED INTO THINKING THAT WE WERE KO'LUG ANYTHING TO WORSEN THIS CONFLICT OR UPSET THE STABILITY OF EAST AFRICA* AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DOME MUCH IN THE PAST TO FOSTER CO-OPERATION AND UNITY WITHIN EAST AFRICA AND WE HAVE A REAL CONCERN FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE IF! THE REGION, I AM SURE YOU DO NOT HEED MY ASSURANCE THAT WE WILL DO NOTHING WHICH MIGHT PREJUDICE I T , . WE HAVE NO AGREEMENT WITH KENYA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY WHICH COMMITS US IN ANY WAY TO INTERVENTION IN THIS AFFAIR AND WE HAVE HO BRITISH TROOPS OR WARSHIPS IN OR NEAR EAST AFRICA, YOU WILL KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT THE KENYAN AREMED FORCES HAVE TRADITIONALLY PURCHASHEO THEIR ARMS FROM BRITAIN. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO PREPARE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES IN THE FACE OF THE TYPE OF THREAT WITH WHICH YOU YOURSELF HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR, AND IT IS A NORMAL AND LEGITIMATE THING FOR US TO FULFIL THEIR ORDERS (JUST A3, INDEED, WE HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO FULFIL YOUR OWN RECENT ORDER FOR A FORCE OF SCORPION TANKS), THIS IS THE SUM AND L I M I T OF OUR INVOLVEMENT, TWFJ-LE IS A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH I SHOULD INFORM YOU. YOU WILL KNOW OF THE ACUTE PROBLEMS WE-HAVE HAD WITH PRESIDENT AM IM DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WE HAVE HAD A BRITISH CITIZEN BRUTALLY DONE TO DEATH AMD BLATANT LIES TOLD ABOUT HER DISAPPEARANCE, WE HAVE MAD TWO OF OUR DIPLOMATS EXPELLED FROM UGANDA OIL TRUMPED- UP GROUNDS, WHEN I WAS IN KAMPALA A Y£AR AGO I RECEIVED ASSURANCES /FRO;1.] PRESIDENT AW IN CONFIDENTIAL