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possible presence in London could cause for us i and for the Commonwealth. Subsequently Parl:!.ament has declared itself deeply concerned about the issue of human rights in Uganda and what we believe to be President Arnin's personal responsibility for their grave violation. Lord Thomson mentioned to you that we might be able to give President Arain a quiet signal which would dissuade him from attending, but it had been our hope that President Amin himself would realise the strength of opinion here, and decide to stay away. We have always made it clear that we had no quarrel with the people of Uganda and that we fully recognised that Uganda, as a member of the Commonwealth, had a right to be represented at the CoriuTiOnwealth Meeting. But the Government cannot disregard the universal strength of feeling in this country about President Amin himself. I therefore sent him recently a courteous private and unpublicised message in which I told him of the strong feeling that exists in Britain and explained, our view that it would not be appropriate for him to visit London, In doing so, I was careful to avoid any specific reference to the Commonwealth Heads of Government. Indeed, with your advice in mind, I sent the message through a Government, friendly both to Britain and to Uganda, and made it clear that I was acting for the, British Government and in no way seeking to Involve other Commonwealth members. I also made it clear that wo had no wish to exclude Uganda from the Mooting in London. / I took