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? , EARLY THIS MORN INS I SPOKE TO EKOCHU (WHO WAS PRESENT AT OUR MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY) AMD DREW HIS ATTENTION ,V TO THE INAC CURACIES IN THE UGANDA NEWSCAST, I ASKED HIM IF HE COULD OFFER ANY EXPLANATION. HE COULD NOT- AND WAS CLEARLY AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY. HE REFERRED ME TO LUBEGA, HOW HEAD OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS* I THEN ASKED HIM IF THE STATEMENT THAT I AM DUE TO GET FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY WAS LIKELY TO CLARIFY MATTERS. AGAIN HE COULD NOT S A Y , . BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT THE STATEMENT TO GO BEYOND JUMA Q R I S ' S STATEMENT IN KEW YORK. 3 . I HAD SPOKEN TO LUBEGA *\*$T THING THIS MORNING TO ASK HIM TO ARRANGE URGENTLY FOR ME TO SEE THE PRESIDENT AGAIN TODAY. I TELEPHONED HIM AGAIN AFTER SPEAKING TO EKOCHU AND SAID I MUST HAVE AN EARLY EXPLANATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT•- FAILING WHICH I WOULD HAVE-NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO MAKE PUBLIC THE TRUE FACTS REGARDING MX MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY AND!lHATf"WASCs^|^AT THAT MEETING. PEOPLE' COULD-THEN DRAW- THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS. LUEEGA, WAS AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY. HOWEVER, HE REPEATED THAT HE HOPED TO BE TOUCH WITH THE PRESIDENT WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND WOULD LET ME KNOW THE RESULT OF HIS CONTACT SHORTLY, b I F I DO NOT SEE THE PRESIDENT SOON, AND IF THE STATEMENT THAT AM IN IS SUPPOSED TO B&ySENDJNfr-ME ADDS NOTHING JjEW , I FEEL THAT I SHOULD PUT THE RECORD*STRAIGHT IN ANSWER TO $ 2 $ FURTHER ENQUIRIES WE MAY GET FROM THE MEDIA, BESIDES CLARIFYING THE SITUATION IT MAY HAVE THE EFFECT OF CAUSING THE PRESIDENT TO SEND FORME- TO SEEK. AN EXPLANATION - AN OPPORTUNITY WHICH I WOULD WELCOME HEHNESSY NNNNM 4TH AND 5TH LINE OF PARA ONE MRS BLGCHS'S CASE IS CONCERNED, WHETHER T H I S - W A S T H J T T O PRESSURE M AMIN BY THE DEFENCE COUNCIL TO'ADHERE TO A PREVIOUSLY AGREED ETC