Cautious drive towards Jinja
i NZPA-Reuter Kampala I Officers of an advancing [Tanzanian and Ugandan [ exile Army have said they are within a few days of reaching the town of Jinja. where the deposed dictator, Idi Amin, has proclaimed that he will make a last stand. It is believed that the former President for life and •up to 1000 loyal sol- [ diers are now stationed in the looted town where corpses litter the streets. Meanwhile, in liberated 'areas of the country, Ugandans voted to elect parish •chiefs — the first free ballot I since Field-Marshal Amin | came to power eight years
il ’ In Kampala itself, the Act-[ ling British High Commis-I ’lsioner (Mr Richard Posnett): :1 has raised the Union Jack ati .’[the British High Commis-), f sion, deserted since London .[broke off diplomatic relations .[with the Amin regime in i 1976. t[ Britain has recognised the: [new Government of returnedh -[exiles led by Professor Yu-1 i[sufu Lule. A United States’ • I delegation is expected in[ Kampala on Monday to re-> store normal relations. I Washington did not severe - diplomatic ties with the[ ’ Amin Government but closed: ! its embassy in 1973 because)' ; of fears for the safety!) of diplomats.
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