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rHIIZ HIITIC3H BPT?aTT|V I have seen a copy of the iforeirm and Commonwealth Secretary's minute of 24-tli August to' you (PM/7'7/84) about arrangements to deal \ v'lth the possibility that President A?nin ^nay pass through London in I transit to hcv- Yorh to a trend, the U.IT. General Assembly later this •month and your Private Secretary's letter of 30th August in response .to this. I agree that even a Brief stop while in transit could, arouse protest and affront Parliamentary and public feeling, though not on anything like the scale which would have ^et his coding to the CoT"ionv;ealtii Heads of Government Meeting and the Silver Jubilee celebrations. My personal direction under the Immigration Act 19?1} that he should be excluded, fro^t the United Kingdom, regains in force. The elaborate -contingency plans we made .to counter his coming in June were aimed at countering a deliberate attempt to force or bluff his '"•'•ay into the country to attend the ,0.11.0.11., and to resist departure. I doubt whether the present contingency requires w.eacures on that scale; so-ie of those measures would in any event be irrelevant to it. But I. agree that adequate precautions should be taken to prevent, so far as possible, his landing and to control hi^ until he leaves on his onward (or return) flight. I suyt;eyt, therefore, that official? in the Dep^^^enty concerned should be instructed to prepare revised arrcn "events. Tv:o practical problems-have been identified in this situation if the -«edi: