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TO PRIORITY LUSAKA TELNO 332 OF 24. JULY
INFO HONG KONG.
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7 NO. 51
25 JUL 1978
REGISTRY (Acum, Tekan
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HONG KONG TELNO 908: TRAINING OF ZAMBIAN POLICE.
1.
BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE UP HONG KONG'S OFFER
TO SEND TWO TRAINING INSTRUCTORS TO ZAMBIA NEXT FEBRUARY,
IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR OWN VIEWS, AND YOUR
ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY ZAMBIAN REACTION TO THIS PROPOSAL,
AS SEEN FROM HERE THE PROPOSAL HAS THE MERIT OF MEETING THE
ZAMBIAN REQUEST FOR TRAINING TO TAKE PLACE IN ZAMBIA. MOREOVER, AS WE REMAIN CONVINCED THAT THERE WOULD BE SERIOUS POLITICAL OBJECTIONS TO DESPATCHING AN SAS TEAM TO ZAMBIA, THE HONG KONG OFFER WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY PROVIDE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE IN TERMS OF EFFICIENT AND RELEVANT TRAINING. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED OVER
THE TIMING AND WONDER WHETHER FEBRUARY MIGHT NOT BE TOO LATE.
2. WE SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON PARA 6
OF THE TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.
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