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1 . A UGANDAN (WO DID ?4OT WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED) CALLED AT THE HIGH COMMISSION YESTERDAY AND REPORTED THAT ON 5 JULY H£ HAD SEEN THE BODY OF AN OLD WHITE WOMAN WHICH HAD BEEN DUMPED (ACCORDINQ TO VILLAGERS) IN KIVUVU SUGAR ESTATE OFF THE KAMPALA/JINJA ROAD, 19 MILES FROM KAMPALA. THE FACE HAD BEEN BURNED, MAKING IDENTIFICATION DIFFICULT. SOLDIERS, HE SAID , CAME ON^7 JULY AND BURIED THE BODY. OTHER BODIES (UGANDAN) HAD yEEH DUMPED IN THE SAME AREA. 2 . THE SAME INFORMANT SAID HS HAD LEARNED FROM HIS BROTHER, WHO WORKS AT MULAGO HOSPITAL, THAT THE L A T T E R I S COLLEAGUES HAD TOLD HIS BROTHER THAT MRS BLOCH HAD BEEN SHOT AND DUMPED INTO THE BOOT OF A CAR BEARING A'UVS REGISTRATION NUMBER (ONE OF THE SERIES USED BY THE STATE RESEARCH CENTRE AND OTHER INTELLIGENCE BODIES). HE ADDED THAT THE SAME SOURCES INDICATED THAT THE POLICEMAN ASSIGNED TO GUARD MRS BLOCH AT THE HOSPITAL HAD ALSO BEEN TAKEN AWAY AND SHOT, 3 . A MEMBER OF MY LOCAL STAFF/ HAS ALSO REPORTED THAT HE HEARD AT THE FUNERAL OF A RELATIVE THAT THE WOMAN'S BODY APPEARED TO HAVE A 'BAD' LEG. (MRS BLOCH IS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD LEG ULCERS) 4 . THIS KIND OF HEARSAY EVIDENCE DOES NOT PERHAPS TAKE US VERY FAR. AND IT COULD, OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN 'PLANTED1. BUT IT IS ONLY ONE OF A NUMBER OF SUCH STORIES ALL TENDING TO COMF1 RM ( I N THE LIGHT OF UGANDAN DENIALS OF ANY KNOWLEDGE OF MRS BLOCH'S WHEREABOUTS) MY FIRST REPORT THAT WE ARE DRIVEN TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SHE IS DEAD (MYTEL NO 263 OF 8 JULY). HENNESSY HHNN