UGANDA'S AMIN REPEATS 'HITLER WAS RIGHT' COMMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-185-1-12-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 10, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-185-1-12-2
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LGANDA' S AN'iIN Nz i' STS ' H ITLEiR WAS RIGHT' COMMENT
KAMPALA DOMESTIC SE; VICE IN ENGLISH 1700 GMT 10 OCT 73 K
(EXCiHPTS) PRESIDENT AMIN TODAY SAID: ACCORDIN-NS TO
WHAT H : ISRAELIS I~H w DOING INN THE MIDDL ' EAST, T,- 0 HAS
NJ;' PROVED fHAi HE WAS RI:G iT WHEN HE SAID SON T1 N S (AS HEARD)
A30 THAT HIf Erb r)AS RIGHT TO SUR THE 6 XILL.ION JEWS IN EUHOPE DURING
THE SECOND WORLD 'WAR. PiHEGIDi.T WxS SP] AKIHG AT NAKIN?NOYE
LOD3-E (KAf,',PALA--F,: I~.) W:HL v HE. RECEIVED THE SOVIET A[NNASSADJR
TO UGANDA, HR. LAKHHARO V, WHO CALLED ON HIM TO DELI VE iR THE
SOVIET :aO'J>r;~NMENT' S ~`ES.~AC E OF SUPPORT TO THE ARAB CO UNT1i Ir S.
TH,, PRESIDENT TOLD THE AN'if;ASSADOR THAT IF HITLER HAI) F3 'ii! T THE
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THE PRESIDENT THE APPEALED TO THE SDVI2T UNION TO SUPPLY
)PHISIICA[ED WAR PLANES, LIKE THE MIG 23, AND MISSILES TO THE
i,1IJai)I,E EAST CC}U,Y IES TO HELP THEN TO 1-114 'f ER
THE L IONwIST AGCar? :SSION. THE PR SID NAT ALSO APPEALED TO THE
9O VIE[ UiNION~N HOT TO ALLOW JEWISH EMIGRANTS TO SO TO I') RAEL UNTIL THE
MIDDLE FAST P ~O SLEM HAS I E`EN SETTLED. THE PRESIDENT ADDED THAT
THE ~ UPPO; T T iiE SOVIET UNION HAD GIVEN TO THE ARAS COUNTRIES HAD
DEMONSTRATED TO THE PEOPLE OF UGANDA AND OTHER PEACE-LO VINE
t'ii:OPI.E IN THE WORLD THAT THEY LOVE PEACE.
10 OCT 21 03Z DEH/BG
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-185-1-12-2