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CONFIDENTIAL .Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AH J Prom The Minister of State i 5 <%> A u g u s t 1 9 7 7 TBADE WITH UGANDA David Owen, who is on holiday, recently had a long session with Greville Janner about trade with Uganda during which he raised in particular the question of supplies of sensitive equipment not subject to licence (eg Land-Bovers) to the Ugandan Armed Forces. The Prime Minister has agreed that we should not pursue trade sanctions as such against Uganda. It is however inevitable that so long as private companies continue to trade with the Ugandan Armed Forces the Government will come under attack for not doing anything to prevent them. Greville Janner has made clear that he will give maximum publicity to any example of this type of trade of which he becomes aware. David Owen therefore believes that if we are to pursue a credible public policy of seeking to ensure that no aid or comfort reaches the Ugandan armed forces and police, we should at least take steps to make clear to companies trading with these bodies that they do so without the Government's approval. We realise that in the absence of trade sanctions as such, such a message to companies would have only moral force. But we should at least have made our position quite clear. We very much hope that you will agree with this approach and that your Department will be able to make opportunities to put our views to the firms concerned, in particular to British Leyland. Greville Janner has undertaken to let David have .../a The Bt Hon Edmund Dell MP Secretary of State for Trade Department of Trade nnwtnTTYtrwmT AT