MR. MBOYA AND MR. KIBAKI ARRIVING; PRESIDENT NYERERE ARRIVING; PRESIDENT KAUNDA; PRESIDENT NYERERE, PRESIDENT OBOTE AND THE KENYAN MINISTERS ENTERING PARLIAMENT. ALL SEATED AT CONFERENCE TABLE




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Background: PRESIDENT MILTON OBOTE OF UGANDA, KENNETH KAUNDA OF ZAMBIA, JULIUS NYERERE OF TANZANIA; MR. TOM MBOYA, KENYAN ECONOMIC PLANNING MINISTER, AND MR. MWAI KIBAKI, KENYAN INDUSTRY MINISTER, MET IN KAMPALA YESTERDAY (THURSDAY). THE SURPRISE SUMMIT MEETING WAS HELD IN THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING OF THE UGANDA CAPITAL.

THE CONFERENCE LASTED LESS THAN THREE HOURS. NO AGENDA WAS ISSUED BEFORE THE TALKS, AND NO STATEMENT AFTERWARDS, IT'S BELIEVED THAT DISCUSSION COVERED EAST AFRICAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND TACTICS AT THE FORTHCOMING ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY (OAU) CONFERENCE IN ADDIS ABABA, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE ON RHODESIA.

PRESIDENT'S KENNETH KAUNDA AND JULIUS NYERERE RETURNED HOME TODAY. ON HIS RETURN PRESIDENT KAUNDA FORECAST INCREASING COOPERATION BETWEEN ZAMBIA AND EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN TRANSPORT AND RELATED FIELDS. HE DESCRIBED THE KAMPALA MEETING AS "VERY, VERY USEFUL INDEED" AND ADDED THAT RHODESIA HAD BEEN AMONG SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.