Amin still out of public eye

Press, 2 December 1978, Page 7

Amin still out of public eye

NZPA-Reuter Nairobi The Ugandan President (Field-Marshal Idi Amin) who has mysteriously disappeared from public view, had not been heard of by his (entourage yesterday for .three days at a time when ihe had said his country has [been invaded by neighbourjin? Tanzania. One of the President’s aides, who told reporters on the telephone from Kampala on Wednesday that FieldMarsha! Amin’s disi appearance was a mystery and had everyone in the (Ugandan capital "on pins (and needles,” had gone to (look for him close to the (Tanzanian border war zone, Ibis secretary said. | The nation went without (news of its month-long conflict with Tanzania. As the (

aide explained earlier, the President has not been around to vet a war communique for broadcasting on Uganda Radio since Tuesday morning. “In the past when there has been something like this there has alway s been an attempt on his life,” said the aide, who asked not to be identified. Field-Marshal Amin, aged 50, has survived . more than 20 assassination attempts since he took power in a military coup in 1971. Sources said latest intelligence reports showed' that the first estimate of the number of Tanzanians who crossed into Uganda on Monday, in retaliation for an incursion by the Ugandan army into Tanzania, was far (too high.