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^ f^ CONFIDENTIAL FLASH CYPHER CAT A FM FCO 271013ZJUL CONFIDENTIAL 10 FLASH KAMPALA TELNO 190 OF 27 JULY 1976 AND TO IMMEDIATE PARIS, NAIROBI, MY J P T . 1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF NOTE. BEGINS. USUAL BEGINNING.... AND HAS THE HONOUR, UPON INSTRUCTIONS, TO INFORM THE MINISTRY THAT HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED; BECAUSE OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING A NORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IN UGANDA, " TO BREAK OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THAT GOVERNMENT. THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER, MR JAMES HENNESSY, IS THEREFORE BEING WITHDRAWN AS FROM TODAY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE.FRENCH REPUBLIC HAS EXPRESSED ITS WILLINGNESS TO PROTECT BRITISH INTEREST IN UGANDA, AND IT IS PROPOSED TO ATTACH TO THE FRENCH EMBASSY A BRITISH INTERESTS SECTION COMPRISING TWO OFFICIALS, MR A I GLASBY, FIRST SECRETARY, AND MR R B WYPER, THIRD SECRETARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS DECISION TO BREAK OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE UGANDAN HIGH COMMISSION IN LONDON SHOULD CEASE TO FUNCTION AS FROM TODAY AND THAT MR FREDERICK ISINGOMA, UGANDAN HIGH COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, BE WITHDRAWN, HE AND MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE UGANDAN HIGH COMMISSION WILL BE PERMITTED, HOWEVER, REASONABLE TIME IN WHICH TO WIND UP THEIR PERSONAL AFFAIRS BEFORE DEPARTURE, /IT Y/ILL BE