Premier Golda Meir disclosed officially for the first time the demands made by President Idi Amin of Uganda that led to a break between Israel and Uganda. Addressing the Tel Aviv Labor Council Sunday, Mrs. Meir said Amin had asked Israel for “little things” like a few Phantom jets which, Mrs. Meir said, he made clear he intended to use against Tanzania. Israel could not spare the jets and, in any case, would never provide them for use against another country, the Premier said. She stated that Amin was turned down by Great Britain when he asked for a few hundred thousand pounds sterling which Israel was in no position to provide. “So he went to someone else,” Mrs. Meir said, referring to Premier Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya who provided financial aid and set Amin off on his anti-Israel course.
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