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_ 3 _ / President Amin claimed that the Prime Minister had told him not to come to London. The Nigerian view was that if President Amin wanted to come, it was up to him to judge the consequences, including the consequences for his own security. A Nigerian mission had been to Uganda, but had seen President Amin in Entebbe and the Prime Minister's letter had been left behind in Kampala. The Nigerians would like to see the letter, since they would like to be able to speak in full knowledge of it. Brigadier Garba said that the Prime Minister had experience of Commonwealth Conferences, and would know how easily people could wMp up emotion. The Prime Minister said that if the Commonwealth mattered so little, people in this country were bound to wonder how much use the Commonwealth was to them. To accept President Amin at the Conference would create enormous problems here. Brigadier Garba asked whether Britain was ready for these problems? The Prime Minister said that we were not and this was why he had taken the line he had. By so doing, he was already exposed to accusation of gutlessness in the British press. His aim had been to hold the Commonwealth together, and he hoped that our friends would understand this. Brigadier Garba said that the Nigerians did indeed understand, but that a lot of people in Africa also questioned the value of the Commonwealth. If it was to be held together, he thought that a different way should be found to approach these difficulties Mr. Callaghan knew President Amin from his time as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary. If only the British public had not become so pre-occupled with Amin, there would have been no problem. The Prime Minsiter said that one had to accept reality. The British public were pre-occupied, and the Commonweali Secretary General had found today that most of the interest at his Press Conference had been directed towards President Amin. We looked to Nigeria to help us on this question. Brigadier Garba said that this was why the Nigerians would like to see the Prime Minister's letter. .... , /The Prime Minister