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Rutherford College, University of Kent, CANTERBURY, Kent. 4th August, 1978. The Right Honourable The Prime Minister 10 Downing Street, LONDON, S.W.I. Dear Prime Minister, I and my fellow bishops of the Church of Uganda, before we left Kampala for the Lambeth Conference, had an opportunity to say farewell to our President, His Excellency Field Marshal Dr. Idi Amin Dada. On that occasion he expressed a desire to see our diplomatic relations with your country restored; and he requested us that while we are here we should seek an opportunity to convey this wish to you and your Government. He especially requested us to inform you that on his part he has declared 1978 to be a year of reconciliation, peace and love. It was in this spirit that he requested restoration of relations between our two countries. We also endorse his request very earnestly and sincerely as citizens of Uganda and as leaders of the Church of Uganda. We long to work together again and to re-establish cultural ties with the British with whom we had a Treaty relationship and very friendly co-operation for so long. We therefore wish to plead for the restoration of this relationship for good of us all. If you would be kind enough to meet our Archbishop to convey personally this message to you, we would be very grateful. Yours sincerely, Archbishop for the Bishops of the Church of Uganda