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From; THE PRIVATE SEORLTAXY HOME OFFICE WHITEHALL • S.W. I 2 I.March 1977 S. ( flam. PRESIDENT (. You will remember that we promised to let you have further ar,J more final advice about the powers to exclude President Amin from the United Kingdom. I enclose a note that has been jointly prepared by ourselves and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. As you will see, it concludes that, although President Amin if he were admitted would enjoy sovereign immunity, there is in fact no substantial reason to believe that the Home Secretary would have to admit him in the first place under the 1971 Act. On the other hand, there are some practical difficulties that have to be considered. Careful contingency pJans would have to be made for handJing him and his entourage if he tried to enter and the Home Secretary will want shortly to discuss planning with the police. President Amin is understood to carry firearms (and did so at Cairo at the recent Afro-Asian talks) and his enjoyment of sovereign immunity could be thought to severely limit, in principle at least, the scope for physical restraint. Accordingly, if a decision were taken to refuse him, it would be essential for it to be taken sufficiently in advance (some days at least) of his possible arrival to allow effective plans to be drawn up. Further, it would obviousJy be helpful that, any such decision should be made known to him before he left Uganda, even if it is decided to keep him guessing over the next month or so. I am copying this letter to Ewen Fergusson and Martin Vile. R. M. MORRIS Patrick Wright, Esq. r.O!-;.-ic.i:£i.;LJ