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Wednesday, September 13. 1972
University Daily Kansan
Prof Visits Tense Uganda
By JAMES COOK Kansan Staff Writer
A history of the current domestic situation in Uganda, East Africa, would make a script for Mission impossible.
All the necessary elements are there: a military dictator, a raiding party, a coup or assassination, a racial situation that could easily lead to a war or massacre, a somnolent state, a controlled by the government.
Del Brinkman, associate professor of journalism, returned recently from Uganda. He spoke Tuesday of his experiences there.
Brinkman was participating in a communications seminar at the Department of State and Uganda's Ministry of Information and Administration. Both Boguanga agencies, Brinkman said, are staffed by bureaucrats who have no understanding of or interest in them.
When Uganda was a British colony thousands of Asians were brought in to build railroads. They were the pioneers of the nation.
UGANDA HAS no constitution, its president abolished the parliament when he asked for a reform that perfectly controlled. Anyone who criticizes Presidentidi Amin or of his government disappears.
But competent professional journalists attended the seminar. Brinkman helped criticize the government. However, they would not mention the president, his position, his influence or security.
Today they are the storekeepers, the doctors, the lawyers and the teachers. The Asians control 90 per cent of the birth of the nation and now the Afrikan want control of the economy.
LAST MONTH Amin declared that all Alasists must be out of the country within 90 days. There are as many as 80,000 Alasists. Most of them will go to Great Britain and a few to Canada.
They were forbidden to take much money with them and could not take any property. A tense situation developed, and the Amin stated the public with unpredictable and contradicting statements.
He first said any Asian that was a citizen of Uganda could remain. He explained that he and said they must leave. Recently the bank they could stay at may have changed.
The Asians are supposed to be out of the country by Nov. 9, but Brinkman said he did not think the deadline could be met.
"I think there will be a big business man, the einsteinman said. They will have to deal deadline and be a great deal of tension. It hard to deal with it."
"PEOPLE ARE SAYING that the situation is like a coup or a war, and such happens, a lot of blood could be spilled because the military would retaliate and would continue to control the country."
Last year two Americans, a journalist and a teacher, were killed in a shooting most likely Asian, are harassed and beaten, and there are occasional incidents. But he said he seldom went out at night because he was advised to stay in because he was advised to stay in
Brinkman was the only one who said he 'never at any time felt any racial tensions even when we discussed the problems of racial injustice'.
He said the journalists would not discuss the Asian issue, which some consider "reverse racism" and others see as an economic issue.
THE PEOPLE think they "have a free press," he said, and "outdoor areas (of the world) it would be safe." The news is "a mouthpiece for the government."
It exists to spout government policy."
"Not everyone realizes that the press is a propaganda device. Some sophisticated, educated people know, but they are silent, and those who don't know are silenced." The report on propaganda. You can almost see it happen. And the Asians are the scapegoats" he said.
Brinkman said a controlled press was the norm for a developing country run by a military dictatorship, but that a developing country, run by the government, would be less if the people were to receive this information they needed to develop their country.
RINKMAN SAID Amin 'was originally hailed as a great savior 18 months ago when he came to power. As the country's problems somewhat confused, and some feel he mentally deteriorated."
"He has a mental problem and is very erratic. He contradicts himself and this adds to the danger of him being a kid." Not know how he will behave.
Brinkman also said Amin was paranoid. Last week Amin said he had planned to assassinate him. He recently declared that a tiny neighborhood nation was harboring agents bent on sabotaging his
Aim also ordered a ban on teen-agers' dances and announced that men should bow and kneel before stating their business.
regime.
THE MEMINAR Brinkman attended covered the practical implications of the mass media in a developing country. Sessions on the application of practical techniques and aspects, he said.
Brinkman said the questions most frequently addressed to him concerned the Pentagon Papers. Vice-President Agew, U.S., called the "capitalistic-imperialistic domination" of our press.
He said the Ugandans knew a great deal about the United States and considered it "the proverbial home where anyone could say what they wanted and educational opportunities were abundant."
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