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CONFIDENTIAL EGtUW FCO 0217031 FA [>.& ES SALAAM 021610Z. MOV 78 ' TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 757 OF 2 N0VEM3ER UIFQ IMMEDIATE WASH I MGTOM, NAIROBI, UKHIS NEW YORK, • INFO PRIORITY PARIS, BOMN, LUSAKA, MAPUTO, GABORONE, PRETORIA, TRIPOLI, MODUK, KHARTOUM 1MF0 SAVING LUANDA YOUR TELEGRAM HO 436 T.:-!ZAM I A/UGANDA H03TIL ITIESs 1, I WA$ SUMMONED 3Y PRESIDENT NYERERE AT 3,15 PM LOCAL TIME TOP.AY (OVERTAKING MY TELNO 736 TO YOU), HIS PURPOSE WAS TO ASK Uf. TO CUT OFF OIL TO UGANDA. 2, UYERERE BEGAN BY REFERRING TO AMIN'S AMBITIONS IN 1971/72 AS r.f.COUMTED TO THE SCANDINAVIAN AMBASSADORS (SEE MY TELNO 752), AM IN HAD MOW AGAIN MADli CLEAR HIS INTENTION TO ANNEX TANZANIAM Tl^RITO.RY A3 FAR AS Tilt KAGERA RIVER, THE TAM2AMIAHS HAD GOT "TO GET RID OF HIM" (MEANING TO GET HIS TROOPS OUT OF TAJI2AN1AN TERRITORY), THEIR MEANS WERE LIMITED, BUT THEY WOULD "STRETCH" THEM AND HE BELIEVED THEY COULD SUCCEED. MYERERE SAID !•& DID NOT THINK THAT AM IN WAS GETTING OUTSIDE HELP, THOUGH HE V/AS NOT SURE* "SOME ARABS MIGHT STILL BE GIVING HIM MONEY". £MIM'S ECONOMY AND ARMY WERE Ml A BAD STATE AND NYERERE THOUGHT HE COULD DEAL WITH HIM, 3. HYERERE THEN WENT OM TO SAY THAT HE HAD MENTIONED OIL AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING* HE HOW WANTED TO "UPGRADE" WHAT HE HAD SAID THEM. IF OIL CONTINUED TO FLOW, IT MADE THE TAMZANIAN TASK FAR MORE DIFFICULT, HE THEREFORE WISHED "TO EXPRESS HIS DEEP CONCERN TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT OVER THE SUPPLY OF O I L " , 4. I UNDERTOOK TO PASS THIS OM, I SAID THAT WE FULLY UHD£RSTOPD HI 3 CONCERN. OUR OWN INFORMATION WAS THAT, A3 THINGS WE'RE, AM IN MIGHT ONLY HAVE ENOUGH FUEL RESERVES FOR A WEEK OR TV/0, . I THEN •/vrll OM AS IN FINAL TWO SENTEliO'HS OF PARA.2 OF YOUR TUR, I ALSO - TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS Of! THE OTHER INFORMATION \H THAT PARA, AMD TO REAFFIRM OUR POSITION OM TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IM AFRICA 0;i THE LINES OF THE STATEMENT BY THE FCO SPOKESMAN (RETRACT 60701), MYERERE DID MOT PRESS ME FURTHER o?| THE OIL QUESTION,