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, ( U&JL, 1O DOWNING STREET From the Private Secretary ' I June 1977 President Amin As you know, the Commonwealth Secretary General sent us last night a copy of a telegram which he had received from President Amin about the Prime Minister's letter of, 22 May (a copy of which was annexed to the note of the Prime Minister's meeting with Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia on that day). I enclose a copy of President Amin's message with this letter. At the Prirae Minister's request, we immediately contacted Mr. Ramphal and discussed our response to the message with him. He confirmed that he was himself proposing to take no action at all on the telegram, but commented that the message seemed to him to be out of character with President Amin's usual conduct and was phrased in a low key. He admitted that there were veiled threats in it, but thought that it was designed to maintain uncertainty as to his intentions, while preparing the gmund for his not coming at all. Since it later became clear that the text of President Amin's message was already known to the press, it was agreed that the ^No. 10 Press Office should confirm that the Prime Minister had written a personal and confidential letter to President Arain; that we could not discuss the contents of the letter, since it was confidential; but that the Prime Ministex* had adi'ised President Ami that it would not be appropriate for him to visit this country. We would also confirm that President Amin had sent a telegram to the Commonwealth Secretary General referring to Mr. Callaghan's letter, and that Mr. Ramphal had sent this on to the Prime Minister. I am sending a copy of this, with enclosure, to Bob Morris (Home Office), and to Martin Vile and Sir Clive Rose (Cabinet Office P. R. H. WRIGHT J.S. Wall, Esq., Foreign and Commonwealth Office,