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The following morning Mark and I made the short drive to the government building where our meeting was to take place. Major Kafeero was waiting for us and led us through several passageways to General Wamala’s office.
He greeted us cordially and asked us to be seated. Mister Lutaaya, the president’s aid-de-camp, was also present. The General began by apologizing; due to recent events it had become obvious that we were not in Uganda to topple the government.
He asked us what we needed, and after I answered his question he frowned. “Giving you more Ugandan troops is not a problem. However, the question of air-support is a little more difficult. Most of our attack-aircraft are outdated and badly in need of a serious overhaul.”
At this point Mister Lutaaya interrupted, “President Nambaw
