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r. • '•\o6lj CAT A . "" FM KAMPALA 091615Z • ' . ' • CONFIDENTIAL TO FLASH FCO TEL MO 1 3 1 OF 9 JUNE AND TO IMMEDIATE PARIS WASHINGTON NAIROBI AMD KINSHASA, BY TELEGRAM MO 1 3 3 TO FCO. * THIS EVENINGS 1700 HOURS RADIO UGANDA NEWS ANNOUNCED THAT* A) AM IN HAD RETURNED FROM THE RWANDAN/TANZANI AM/UGANDAN BORDERS WHERE HE HAD HAD USEFUL TALKS WITH REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS FROM TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA. THE COMMONWEALTH WAS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS OAU, UNITED NATIONS, NQ r? ALIGNED ORGANISATION AND WAS FULL OF IMPERIALIST MINDED MEMBERS. B) A BRITON HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES, HAViNG-BEEM DENOUNCED TO UGANDAN AUTHORITIES BY A BELGIAN*' PRiGONER WAS BEING HELD IN A REMOTE PART OF UGANDA, WOULD BE TRIED BY A MILITARY TRIBUNAL AND EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IF FOUHD GUILTY. C) AIJYONE BUYING BRITISH PROPERTY IN UGANDA DID SO AT T H E T R OWN RISK. D) FRENCH/UGANDAN RELATIONS WERE GOOD AND FORMER SHOULD NOT BE 'INVOLVED IN BRITISH AFFAIRS. THEREFORE FRENCH EMBASSY SHOULD CEASE TO BE RESPONSIBLE'FOR BRITISH INTERESTS AND HMG SHOULD FIND A REPLACEMENT, UNDER WHICH WELBORN AND MYSELF COULD REMAIN l!4 UGANDA, 2 . THE ANNOUNCEMENT THEREFORE CONSTITUTES THE NEXT ESCALATORY STEP. IT ADMITS THAT AM IN IS BACK IN UGANDA, WITHOUT CONCEDING THAT HE HAS NEVER ATTENDED CHGM. THE CRITICISM OF COMMONWEALTH IS NO DOUBT INTENDED TO EXPLAIN THIS. ' /3.PKEDICT&E CONFIDENTIAL