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GHPS 1*00 CONFIDENTIAL IMMEDIATE . . CYPHER CAT A . fH KAMPALA 091345Z JULY CONFIDENTIAL TO IMMEDIATE FCO TEL NO 274 OF 9 JULY 1976. INFO IMMEDIATE NAI ROB I,WASHINGTON, UKHIS NEW YORK. MlPT.i UGANDA /KENYA RELATIONS. ) 1 , TURNING TO THE PRESENT STRAINED STATE OF RELATIONS WITH KENYA, AMIN SAID IT WAS HIS EARNEST DESIRE TO COOL THINGS AND GET BACK TO A NORHAL RELATIONSHIP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE HAD NO INTENTION OF ATTACKING KENYA AND HAD NOT MOVED ANY TROOPS TO- THE BORDER AS THE PRESS HAD REPORTED. THE BATTALION AT TORORO HAD ALWAYS BEEN STATIONED THERE FOR NORMAL FRONTIER DUTIES. AS FAR AS HE KNEW THE KENYANS HAD SIMILARLY DEPLOYED TROOPS FOR NORMAL FRONTIER DUTIES . THERE HAD BEEN NO REINFORCEMENTS, BUT THE ROLE KENYA HAD PLAYED IN THE RECENT ISRAELI RAID HAD INCENSED HIS ARMY,(THIS IS CONFIRMED BY THE REPORTS WE HAVE HAD OF REPRISALS AGAINST KENYANS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY), " FRUSTRATED AT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET BACK AT THE ISRAELIS THEM- SELVES SAMLL BANDS OF ARMED SOLDIERS ARE ROAMING AROUND BEATJN3 UP AND.SOMETIMES KILLING INNOCENT KENYANS-NOW REFERRED TO AS ISRAELIS- WORKING IN UGANDA). THIS WAS MAKING THINGS DlFFICULT., AND NOW THE KENYANS WERE TRYING TO CUT OFF HIS OIL SUPPLlESi THEY HAS STOPPED THE STEAMER PLYING BETWEEN KENYA AND UGANDA ON \ ' LAKE VICTORIA AND TRAVEL BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WAS HAZARDOUS 2. HE SAID HE HAD DONE HIS BEST TO GET KENYATTA TO AGREE TO DROP THE FEUD, BUT TO NO AVAIL. HOWEVER , BRISTAfN STILL HAD INFLUENCE IN KENYA. COULD SHE NOT USE IT ?. HE WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF HMG COULD ASK THE KENYANS IF THEY WOULD NOT MEET HIM. IT MEED NOT BE ANYTHING PUBLIC- INDEED HE WOULD HOPE IT COULD BE KEPT QUIET. PERHAPS THE KENYAN VICE- PRESIDENT COULD MEET HIM QUIETLY SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BORDER. THERE WOULD BE A TALK, A PHOTOGRAPH AND THAT WAS ALL. THEREAFTER BOTH SIDES COULD GRADUALLY PERSUADE THEIR PEOPLES THAT IT WAS IN NO ONES INTERESTS TO GO ON WITH THIS SENSELESS QUARREL. THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE BOUND BY MANY TIESt HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND BLOOD, CONFIDENTIAL .