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SECRET SIR. CLI"VB^KOS1 cc Mr Bryars Mr Wilson j Mr Mot tram EXCLUSION OF ffilSIDEKT AMIN Another meeting was held at the Home Office on 1 June under Mr Armstrong's chairmanship to take 3tock of contingency plans to ensure the exclusion of President Amin should he arrive between now and 15 June. The following were the main conclusions - i . Ministers have approved recommendations in the submission made to the Home Secretary on 26 May (copy attached). i i . The states of readiness of a l l contingency plans are to remain as laid down on 27 May. i i i . All United Kingdom Chief Constables, Immigration Officers and Airport Directors are now to be informed of the Government's intentions regarding Amin. iv. The PCO will notify a l l concerned if there are any developments regarding Amin's declared intentions which would enable the present state of readiness to be relaxed during the Jubilee weekend. Conversely i f reliable infoimation about hi3 arrival becomes available, a decision to deploy security forces and man the COBR by a given time will be taken by the Home Office in consultation in accordance with alert procedures. I a t t a c h a revised Annex D to Mr Wilson's l e t t e r 5&5@ dated 27 May containing silent hours telephone numbers of officials for the period 2 June - 8 June. The consensus of well informed opinion about Amin's intentions was that i t i s now slightly less likely that he intended to arrive than before. However, Mr Hennessy (who of course knew him personally) described his message to the Secretary General of the Commonwealth as uncharacteristic and possibly deliberately misleading. 1 June 1977 R J BISHOP