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ui( J..-J PLASH COSFIDBiTIAL CYPHER CAT A FM FCO 161131I CONFIDENTIAL . . TO FLASH VJEDDA TELNO 3 3 3 OF 1 6 JUNE INFO PARIS UGANDAN INTERESTS SECTION IN LONDON 1. WE HAVE TODAY INFORMED THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR IN LONDON THAT THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT SHOULD CEASE TO PROTECT UGANDAN INTERESTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND HAVE REQUESTED THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UGANDAN INTERESTS SECTION. THIS ACTION HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED To'THE PRESS PLEASE TAKE PARALLEL ACTION WITH THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT SPEAKING ON THE FOLLOWING LINES, 2a THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT WILL BE AWARE THAT HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT HAVE WITHDRAWN THE BRITISH INTERESTS SECTION FROM • THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN KAMPALA. WE HAVE DONE THIS BECAUSE THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT INS TSUI) THAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ' SHOULD CEASE TO ACT AS OUR PROTECTING POWER IN UGANDA AND SUGGESTED THAT THE FERNCH EMBASSY HAD CONDONED ESPIONAGE BY THE BRITISH INTERESTS SECTION. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN.KAMPALA HAS INFORMED THE UGANDAN GOVEFWKEUT THAT HM GOVERNMENT HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THE FREflCH GOVERNMENT AS OUR PROTECTING POWER AND THAT WE ARE IN NO DOUBT THAT THEY HAVE ACT£D CORRECTLY IN DISCHARGING THEIR DUTIES, HM GOVERNMENT ARE HOT THEREFORE PREPARED TO SEEK AN ALTERNATIVE PROTECTING POWER AND WERE LEFT WITH NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO I/I THDRAW THE BRITISH INTERESTS SECTION, CCN'? T'"i'P -iTTA-r