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(YO YOU M1QUL3 AL?-0 PAKE IT CLEAR ,:.T THE-OUTSET THAT \ i\' MOT PROPOSING A PARTICULAR COURSE OF ACTION NOR .ASKING HEADS OF GOVERNED* TO COMMIT THEMSELVES IN AMY WAY. ALL I HAVE IN MIND IS A SHARING/- OF VIEWS SO THAT I CAN GET SOME FEELING ABOUT OPINION THROUGHOUT tHE COMMONWEALTH. (C) I AM HOT SUGGESTING FORMAL ACTION SUCH AS EXCLUSION OR SUSPENSION % OF UGANDA FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. I FCLLY REALfSE THE COMPLEXITIES AND PITFALLS OF THAT COURSE AND THAT GOVERNMENT IS HOT EMBARKING QH IT. I DO MOT WANT THERE TO BE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING ON THIS. I AH HOWEVER CONSIDERING WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE A.NY WAY .OF MAKING AH ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY AMIN DID MOT ATTEND THE MEETING PERSONALLY. A UGANDAN DELEGATION WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND A LOW KEY FIGURE SUCH AS KINENE WHO LED THEIR DELEGATION TO THE KINGSTON MEETING IN 1975 \ WOULD NOT CAUSE US DIFFICULTIES. (D) I THINK IT UNLIKELY THAT AMIN WILL COME, BUT WE CANNOT BANK OH THIS. HIS ATTITUDE TO BRITAIN AND THE QUEEN IS COMPLEX AND HIS ACTIONS ARE UNPREDICTABLE. WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR HIS ARRIVAL. IF HE DOES COME, WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY EXCLUDE HIM FROM OUR DOMESTIC JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS, SUCH AS THE ST PAUL'S THANKSGIVING SERVICE ON 7 JUNE, TO WHICH OTHER COMMONWEALTH LEADERS WILL BE INVITED. WE SHALL BE GIVING CONSTANT THOUGHT TO POSSIBLE DETERRENTS AND DISCOURAGEMENTS TO HIS COMING. BUT WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT PUBLIC STATEMENTS TO THIS EFFECT MAY ONLY INTENSIFY HJS DETERMINATION TO COME. (E) IF HE DOES COME WE COULD NOT EXCLUDE HIM FROM ANY OF THE BUSINESS SESSIONS OF THE MEETING NOR FROM THOSE SOCIAL OCCASIONS WHICH ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROGRAMME. BUT THE MEDIA WILL CONCENTRATE ON HIM, AND HE WILL NO DOUBT PLAY UP, AND THE EFFECT ON THE MEETING ITSELF WILL BE DISASTROUS. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO . CONDUCT THE FRANK AND FRIENDLY DEBATE WE ARE HOPING FOR ON CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OR TO CONCENTRATE ON SERIOUS BUSINESS, 3. YOU CAN SAY THAT I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS PROBLEM WITH MR RAMPHAL AND THAT HE IS AWARE OF THE ACTION I AM TAKING. IT MAY BE USEFUL TO ' REFER TO A PRESS STATEMENT HE ISSUED ON 23 FEBRUARY, WHICH STATED THAT HE WAS QUOTE GREATLY TROUBLED BY REPORTS OF THE RECENT EVENTS \\ UGANDA.... UNQUOTE AND THAT'OUOTE THE QUESTION WHETHER PRESIDENT ftM!N OR ANY OTHER HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IS TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING IN LONDON MUST NOW BE FOR EACH HEAD OF GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL RELEVANT FACTORS'UNQUOTE, A. IP 2 fiOKETDENTIA.Ii