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SECRET 3 I Z UJ UJ CO O oz£ oz 5. Contingency arrangements must be made at Stansted in case the 2 Uganda Airlines Boeings due on Sunday 29 May are carrying Amin or possibly *an advanc< party. They should however be as discreet as possible. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office^-j 1 oO believe that troop reinforcements must be but everything possible should be done to minimise the risk of diselo^in^ in advance an intention to use troops, since this could work against the Saudi recommendation that the atmosphere be kept as calm as possible at -oresent. The Departure of Amin 6. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office are firmly of the view that every effort should be made to encourage President Amin to leave of his own accord in the aircraft by which he arrived, I'c^-urJluijLJ of •frfae lertgtilt of" time this tateos. Any other alternative would present international problems for Her Majesty's Government of -a more difficult nature; than holding Amin and his party and their aircraft until he gives up and goes away. 7. (a) Scheduled Service Her Majesty's Government might cause serious embarrassment to the Government of the destination of a scheduled aircraft, since we would in effect be forcibly deporting the Head of a State to that destination. In those circumstances we would be bound to consult the foreign government concerned urgently, and we would have to contemplate the possibility of a refusal. The possibility of President Amin agreeing to leave Mtswillin^ly on a scheduled service would presumably not arise since if he were willing to go he could co in his own aircraft. The only airlines with a scheduled service to Uganda are Sabena, Air France and Ethiopian Airways. It is highly unlikely that these airlines would agree to carry President Amin if he were travelling against his will, and at the very /least c "EV r>x?m