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CONFIDENTIAL GRS 160 IMMEDIATE CYPHER CAT ~A~ FM TEL AVIV 250940Z JUL C O N F I D E N T I A L DESKBY 260800Z TO IMMEDIATE FCO TE RPTD 250 OF NAIROBI AMD KAMPALA* MR PERES ( MINISTER OF DEFENCE ) TOLD ME LAST NIGHT THAT 'NCE ENTEBBE PRESIDENT AM IN HAD AGAIN BEEN IN TELEPHONIC CONTACT WITH COLONEL. BAR LEV ( THE FORMER HEAD OF THE ISRAEL MILITARY Hi SSI ON IN UGANDA) , HE HAD TALKED TO HIM YESTERDAY ABOUT H I S DISILLUSION WITH THE ARABS AND HAD ASKED FOR AN ISRAELI OFFICER TO TRAIN H I S MEN IN THE CONTEXT O F H I S TROUBLES WITH KENYA. 2 . LATER IN THE EVENING MR PERES WAS INFORMED THAT AMIN HAD AGAIN TELEPHONED BAR LEV, T H I S TIME TO ASK THAT ISRAEL SHOULD PROVIDE SOMEONE TO MEDIATE BETWEEN HIM AND KENYA. I F T H I S WERE NOT DONE WITHIN FIVE DAYS AMIN WOULD HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE TO TAKING DRASTIC ACTION AGAINST KENYA, 3 , MR PERES SAID THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS HAD BEEN TYPICALLY ILLOGICAL AMD INCOHERENT, COLONEL BAR LEV HAD DONE NO MORE THAN LISTEN AND SAY THAT HE WOULD REPORT WHAT AMIN HAD SAID TO THE ISRAEL GOVERNMENT, ELLIOTT [ C O P I E S SENT TO NO 1 0 DOWNING STREET] DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION EAD NEWS D GIPD CONS D OADS FINANCE D CONS EM UNIT UND WED NENAD MVD CABINET OFFICE FUSD EID (E) / h CONFIDENTIAL