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681 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Aug 15, 1978 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Your Letter · 28 pages OCR'd
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NG THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH FAMILY BRITAIN IS YET /,'•;;>', JTTIK!G ANOTHER GRAVE MISTAKE STOP • , ... . ; / /| AM COMMA HOWEVER COMMA CONFIDENT THAT WHTEVER MANOEUVERS AND 'N;ACHlN/f~ 'ONE BRITAIN AND A FEW OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE IN HER POCKETS ••'AY MAiL COMMA THESE DO NOT REPRESENT THE TRUE FEELINGS OF OUR ORGA- l\ I CAT I CM STOP • . AS FOR YOU COMMA MY DEAR MR SECRETARY GENERAL COMMA PERHAPS I DO ...,'{ -\~L.-.:- "IU REMIND YOU THAT YOUR ELECTION TO THAT POST BY A UNANI- :•.!>.»:: 7<:TL- OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AT THE LAST MTETL.\G \U KINGSTONE COMMA JAMAICA COMMA IN 1975 COMMA WAS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE 3Y THE DIRECTIVES I GAVE TO MY DELEGATION TO THAT CONFERENCE 10 SUPPORT YOU AS THE FIRST SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WHICH IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT STOP . . - • • . . . . , . • " I WOULD BE FAILING IN MY DUTY OF PROMOTING THE N03LE IDEALS FOR V.HICH THE COMMONWEALTH STANDS IF I DID NOT CAUTION AGAINST THE DAN- CERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT BEING MANIPULATED BY A MEMBER \ OF OVR ORGANISATION STOP . ...... ••.-';. • ! \ I THOUGHT IT NECESSARY THAT I SHOULD INFORM YOU A30UT THE RECENT 1 COVMJ'N! 1 CAT I ON BE WEEN THE BRITISH PRIME MINSTER AND MYSELF SO AS TO 1 LET YOU KNOW UGANDAS POSITION CONCERNING THE FORTH-COMING MEETING 1 DF THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT JUST IN CASE UGANDA I IS NOT REPRESENTED STOP ; . ..' .. . . . I I ..-/ISH COMMA HOWEVER COMMA TO ASSURE YOU COMMA YOUR EXCELLENCY . ! ;DMMA THAT UGANDA IS COMMITTED TO THE IDEALS FOR WHICH THE COMMON j •EALTK STANDS AND APPRECIATES THE EFFORTS YOU AS ITS SECRETARY GENE I !AL IS MAKING TO WARDS THEIR REAL IZATI ON STOP ,: ; : I FINALLY COMMA PLEASE COMMA ACCEPT COMMA YOUR EXCELLENCY COMMA HE ASSURANCE OF MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION AND ESTEEM* AL-HAJ! FIELD MARSHAL DR ID! AMIN DADA VC, DSO, MC, LIFE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA. THE RT HON JAMES CALLAGHAN • Y-":'\': .. .V:;-, '. •: ; B R I T I S H P R I M E M I N I S T E R . '.' • : ; , .- • .•• .•• ..;••: •; v ; .••.•'• ' , N O 1 0 D O W N I N G S T R E E T • • • • ; : • • • . • : . . • ••. ; LONDON.- (THROUGH THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COMMONV/EALTH) H E DR ETEKI MBOUMOUA • • •. . ; SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAU ADDIS ABABA T I C\KL:.J\T... A I | ^CUPgD __C^AJfT'Z \ 6>~< At^/'Oc ^P A,«crtTc?aA"c-- 1 icA-no ^ -JH \ P \ ^ \ ; r t i w * ) i « s t f t ^ ' y c y ^ -' V
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