Reports that several officers in the Ugandan Army have been detained seemed today to bear out the opinion here that President Idi Amin’s recent accusations against Israel were partly due to internal troubles. The Jerusalem Post said today that Amin’s charges of an Israeli conspiracy against his regime probably stemmed from motives unconnected with Israel. Maariv said the charges would not help Amin and would hinder Israeli-Ugandan relations.
ISRAEL SEEKING CLARIFICATION
In the Knesset today, Foreign Minister Abba Eban said the government was still clarifying the issues. He said Uganda had not satisfactorily replied to Israeli representations made in the wake of Amin’s accusations Tuesday, which a Foreign Ministry spokesman here called “grave” and a “cause of great concern.”
Amin, who recently visited Israel and has been thought friendly to it. alleged that Israeli nationals in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, were trying to return to the Presidency Dr. Milton Obote, deposed by Maj. Gen. Amin while Dr. Obote was in Singapore. Amin then joined with Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in a statement taking the Arab view on Israeli withdrawal.
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