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Racist, erratic and unpredictable, brutal, inept, bellicose, irrational, ridiculous, and militaristic.
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About Amin's regime. Telegram 1 From the Embassy in Uganda to the Department of State, January 2, 1973, 0700Z, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Patrick Melady. US Department of State.

 

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