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SECRET ' Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AH 25 May 1977 President Amin and the CHGM I understand from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office representatives at the meeting in the Home Office on 24 May to discuss the preparation of a plan of action within this country should President Amin attempt to come here, that a submission is to be made to your Ministers to the effect that further detailed planning cannot be carried forward without spreading knowledge of the contingency planning more widely,. which carried the danger that there may be some leakage to the press. The Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary will in due course have views on the substance of the planning arrangements which are now being contemplated, and I understand that he will have an opportunity to comment when an outline plan is circulated by the Home Secretary. However, in advance of that, Dr. Owen would like the Home Secretary to be aware of his view that we should do nothing at this Juncture which increases the risk of a leakage of the fact that we are drawing up these plans. The Saudi Arabian Government will very shortly deliver a message from the Prime Minister to President Amin, and in doing so have undertaken to try to persuade him not to come here. The Saudis have said that their action would be graatly helped by a generally quiet atmosphere, unaccompanied by any press campaign against President Amin. Leakage o f our contingency anangements, or merely the fact that we were embarking upon them, would be sure to raise the temperature and thus make the Saudi task more difficult. Dr. Owen would therefore be grateful if discussion of these arrangements could continue to be kept within the narrowest circle possible at this stage. We should know the outcome of the Saudis1 mission within the next few days, which should give time for further action. I am copying this letter to Patrick Wright at No. 10. (J. S. Wall) R. M. Morris Esq., Home Office, Whitehall, LONDON SW1 SECRET