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CONFIDENTIAL Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AH 26 May 1977 President Amin and the CHGM The Saudi Ambassador called on Dr. Owen at our request this evening. The Ambassador gave Dr. Owen an account of the Saudi emissary's meeting with President Amin, on the lines you described in your letter to me. The only additional point to emerge was that President Amin mentioned at one stage that he would like to visit Saudi Arabia again, although it does not seem to have been absolutely clear that this would be as an alternative to coming to London. The Saudi Ambassador said that their Charge in Kampala // was confident that President Amin would not come to the CHGM. yl The Ambassador thought that we should leave President Amin room to manoeuvre by not saying anything" about our message or the Saudi intervention in the debate tomorrow. President Amin apparently complained to the Saudis about the treatment given him by our press, particularly the accusation that he was responsible for the deaths of many (Christians. He cited the example of various of his assistants who were both Christian and alive. (J. S. Wall) P. R. H. Wright Esq., 10 Downing Street, LONDON SW1 CONFIDENTIAL