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Visit to Laos by L.P. R. Browning
APPENDIX E
31 October-4 November, 1967
I arrive in Vientiane on 31 October and was met by senior officers
of the Loo National Police and Mr. M.H. Shaw of the British Embassy.
My discussions with the Director General of the Lao National Police
and his senior officers covered a wide field of training requirements,
3. Courses in Malaysia during 1968 will be provided in the following
main subjects:-
Criminal Investigation
Police Administration
Instructor Training for Non-Commissioned Officers
Basic Training for Police Women
Attachment to Police Control Room,
In place of courses in Intelligence at the Police Special Branch Training School in Kuala Lumpur it is proposed that two Malaysia Police Special Branch instructors should be sent to Vientiane to provide in-service
training for about eight weeks,
4. The Director General of the Lao National Police took me and Mr. Shaw
on a visit to police stations in Sayabury Province in the North-West of Laos. This was interesting because it enabled me to see something of
police work on the ground at district level.
5. The main problems facing the police in Laos are:
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(a)
Lack of sufficient man-power
(b) Pathet Lao subversive and insurgent activity
(0)
Lack of road communications resulting in the virtual
isolation of some police posts
(a) Poor training facilities.
Police Training in Malaysia over the past three years has resulted
in a noticeable improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the
Lao National Police.
7. The establishment of the Police is about 6,600 officers and other
ranks.
The Director General would like to increase this to 8,000.
8. A new Police Headquarters is under construction in Vientiane,
This is a large and costly project and no one seems to know where the
money to finance it has come from. The Americans say they have not subsidised the cost from their AID funds. This new Headquarters will replace an old and inadequate building and is expected to be finished and
occupied about the middle of 1968.
9. There are one or two bright young officers in the Lao Police who
speak and understand English. There is a great deal of interest in British Police methods and it might be a good investment to send these officers on courses in general police work in the United Kingdom,
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