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CONFIDENTIAL we safely can to reiterate our warnings to the British community provided the French agree. I propose to be in touch with the them French Government on Monday, to take/into our confidence about the decision we have taken to exclude President Amin and to ask them to authorise their Embassy in Kampala, in conjunction with the Head of the British Interests Section, to speak discreetly to members of the British community in Uganda. The French Ambassador and Mr Glasby might remind members of the community of our limited ability to assist them in the event of difficulty. They would draw attention to the growing controversy over the question, of President Amin's proposed attendance at the CHGM and point out that, as the date of the meeting approaches, public outcry in Britain is likely to become still stronger and that the Government is likely to be forced to act in a way which could provoke President Amin. If members of the British community were thinking of precautionary steps such as arranging to be out of Uganda temporarily, they should act as unobtrusively as possible, 6. A meeting of East African businessmen is due to take place in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Thursday, 26 May. This is one of the regular meetings of British firms operating in East Africa and I believe we should let it take place as planned: to bring forward the date might only cause unnecessary speculations as to the reason. We would use this meeting as an opportunity to speak to the firms concerned in similar terms to those I have outlined above. 7. The timing of anything we do will inevitably depend on our handling of our own message to President Amin. You will have seen that Crown Prince Fahd was most helpful when I spoke to him /at