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681 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Aug 15, 1978 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Your Letter · 28 pages OCR'd
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CONFIDENTIAL 4. (F YOU SHOULD BE REMINDED THAT BRITAIN WAS THE FIRST GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNISE AM IN IN 1971 DESPITE THE APPEALS OF PRESIDENTS NYERERE AMD KAUNDA NOT TO DO SO, YOU COULD SAY THAT MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT TIME AND WE HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON CURRENT PROBLEMS,. MOT RAKE OVER THE PAST. If! FACT WE WERE HOT ALONE IN RECOGNISING'AMIN SOME TEN DAYS AFTER HIS COUP AND WHEN OUR CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION HAD CLEARLY BEEN SATISFIED. 5. IF FOR ANY REASON YOU CANNOT SEE THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT PERSONALLY WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK, YOU HAVE DISCRETION TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER LEADING GOVERNMENT MEMBER IF YOU THINK IT WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE 6. YOU SHOULD MOT OF COURSE HINT IN ANY WAY THAT HMG MIGHT DECIDE TO EXCLUDE AMIN FROM THE MEETING, AND INDEED NO SUCH DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN. BUT I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT TO WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED WOULD REACT IF WE (A) ANNOUNCED NEAR THE TIKE OF THE CONFERENCE THAT WE WOULD NOT LET HIM ATTENDi (B) PREVENTED HIM LEAVING THE AIRPORT IF HE DID ARRIVE.' PLEASE LET ME HAVE THIS ASSESSMENT WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, IF •' NECESSARY BEFORE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THE GOVERNMENT. 7. OTTAWA AND WELLINGTON ONLY. YOU SHOULD SAY TO MR TRUDEAU/MR MULDOON THAT THE PRIME MINISTER AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TALK THIS OVER WITH THEM WHEN WE MEET IN OTTAWA/LONDON AND THAT YOUR CONVERSATION WILL GIVE THEM AN INDICATION. OF OUR THINKING, I HAVE •' SEEN AND APPRECIATE .MR MULDOON'S STATEMENT IN WELLINGTON TELNO 81 (MOT TO ALL). "" OWEN T? T I, E S COPIES TO IT*™ & PS/MR ROWLANDS MR CORTAZZI PS/XORD GQROm/X MR MANSFIELD ROBERTS MR STANLEY 3 CONFIDENTIAL
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