FM KAMPALA 291138Z UNCLASSIFIED
TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO; 537 OF 28TH MAY 1974 1. THE PRESIDENT HAS JUST HANDED ME THE FOLLOWING MESSAGEWHICH HE HAS ASKED ME TO PASS TO THE PRIME MINISTER. BEGINS;- QUOTE TO THE RT. HON PRIME MINISTER WILSON C.C. HIS EXCELLENCY MR ARNOLD SMITH, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COMMON WEALTH (FOR INFORMATION OF OTHER COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT) FROM HIS EXCELLENCY AL-HAJJI GENERAL IDI AMIN DADA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA DEAR PRIME MINISTER IT APPEARS THAT THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND IS BECOMING WORSE EVERY PASSING DAY WITHOUT ANY APPARENT FEASIBLE SOLUTION TO IT IN SIGHT. THIS SERIOUS AND REGRETTABLE DEVELOPMENT CALLS FOR BRITAINS BEST AND SINCERE FRIENDS TO COME TO HER ASSISTANCE. CONSEQUENTLY, I AVAIL MY GOOD OFFICES AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE OPPOSING SIDES IN NORTHERN IRELAND. I SUGGEST THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN IRELAND AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUR GOVERNMENT COME TO UGANDA, FAR AWAY FROM THE SITE OF THE BATTLE AND ANTAGONIES, FOR A CONFERENCE ON HOW TO BRING PEACE TO THEIR PROVINCE. I WOULD DISCUSS WITH AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO THEM AS HOW TO END THE FIGHTING IN NORTHERN IRELAND. I HOLD A STRONG VIEW THAT WE IN UGANDA, BEING A FORMER COLONY OF BRITAIN, STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF MEDIATING BETWEEN THE OPPOSING SIDES IN THE CRISIS THAT IS TEARING NORTHERN IRELAND APART. YOURS SINCERELY, (SIGNED) IDI AMIN DADA AL-HAJJI GENERAL IDI AMN DADA, VC, DSO, MC, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, KAMPALA, 28TH MAY 1974 UNQUOTE ENDS Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin Kampala, Uganda
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