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CONFIDENTIAL;. PS/Mr Luard LOBD THOMSON'S TOUB - A M U 1. I attack a summary of the views on President Amin's possible attendance at the Commonwealth, Heads of Government Meeting (GHGM) which Lord Thomson's Private Secretary has prepared, and Lord (Thomson has approved, after the first part of his tour. 2. In general it confirms our views. But while I agree with paragraph i(vii) that it is unlikely that any AfricaBileader would refuse to attend the CHGM, if Am in were excluded, I think that there would be a danger of considerable criticism of the British Government, as indeed paragraph i(vi) implies on the grounds that we had arbitrarily dictated the composition of a member country's delegation, and that we had insulted an African Head of State. 3. We have sent an advance copy of this to EAD who are sub- mitting on the subject. M B Chitty Commonwealth Coordination Department 28 April 1977 cc: Private Secretary PS/Mr Judd PS/Mr lowlands PS/Lord Goronwy-fioberts PS/PUS Mr Ewans, EAD Sir C Rose, Cabinet Office Att CONFIDENTIAL