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I • JSU 010/1 East African Department Foreign and Connonuealxh Office Great George Street SV1U 2AM CABINET OFF:CE 10AUu!9/? riLIi.H FILE No. .." J5i3^ii_:;_. 8 Au^st 19 Dear Kr 5v<an3 PRESIDENT AKIN vie spoke on the telephone about your l e t t e r of 27 July, concerning the r o s s i b i l i t y of President Ar' n attempting to stage through London en route to Cuba scne tine t:: month. We sir.;, had a word about the more recent, and sonevh'it lees im-rcLable. reports that he r.ight attend the General Assembly of the U1Z in I'.e;-: York, late in September, agaiu travelling via London. I have also spoken to Gildea in the Department of I'rade. •The Immigration Service, and the relevant Chief Officers of Police, have been informed. Subject to confirmation from the hoce Secretary, (vhicb I hc_-e to have very shortly) his direction that President Aiain should not be glyen entry to the United Kingdom continues in operation. Moreover, there i s jx)T.;[er under immigration lav.r to instiact Captains of a i r c r a f t that passengers shall not be allowed to diaembark prior to examination by en xiniriigration officer on board the~aircraft. \le vould propose to exercise t h i s gov;cr as necessoxy BO that_Amin i s kept incoimunicado u n t i l foreally f:iveu_nctice that^he i s _to b"e~ rei'use d en t r y . So far as advanced information is concerned (paragraph 6 cf your l e t t e r ) I have, like you, arranged for the relevant services v'ho Eight cone to kno?r of any advance intention to notify us at once if they learn anything. I should expect the Ho:_e Secretary (and I dare cay tr.e Foreign Secretary as vrell) v:ould vc^'c tc revie'.; the position if ve receive any nore definite nev.'s that President. Amin seriously conteii.plates going to I lev? York to'.'ards the end cf next nor.th. Copies of this l e t t e r go to the recipients of yours, and to "£*' Chief Inspector of Ii-iaigraticr.. Yours sincerely ;c C '-.'ilson Ea'-p Cabinet Office J R Glide a Es: LOT Kr Harvey WZ'D pp J A CH1LCCT Kr Littlefield PCO ilr Parkinson Home tffice