Wilson wanted assassination

LONDON - Harold Wilson wanted to have Gen ldi Amin, the president of Uganda, assassinated in the 1970s, according to an aide'…

LONDON - Harold Wilson wanted to have Gen ldi Amin, the president of Uganda, assassinated in the 1970s, according to an aide's revelation in a new BBC2 TV programme to be shown next Sunday.

The then prime minister put the Foreign Office in "total panic" with his request. And diplomats stopped him from going down this road only by telling him they did not have anyone to do it.

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