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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 561 OF 18 JULY
INFO LUSAKA
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.
1 9 JUL 1978
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 848: TRAINING FOR ZAMBIAN POLICE FORCE.
1. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OFFER. BUT MINISTERS HERE ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED AT ZAMBIA'S SECURITY PROBLEMS,
AND WOULD LIKE TO MEET THE ZAMBIAN REQUEST AS POSITIVELY
AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE
PROVISION OF TRAINING TO THE PARA-MILITARY WING OF THE ZAMBIAN
POLICE EN MASSE IN ZAMBIA WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY MORE BENEFICIAL
THAN A SHORT COURSE IN HONG KONG FOR THREE OR FOUR OFFICERS ONLY.
IF WE REFUSED TO MEET ADEQUATELY THE ZAMBIAN REQUEST, AND A SERIOUS BREAKDOWN IN SECURITY SUBSEQUENTLY OCCURRED, WE WOULD, RIGHTLY, BE BLAMED. MOREOVER CONTINUING. STABILITY IN ZAMBIA IS CRUCIAL
TO THE FUTURE OF THE SENSITIVE AREA OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AS A WHOLE,
AND PARTICULARLY TO OUR EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN
NAMIBIA AND RHODESIA.
2. WE SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD RE-CONSIDER OUR
PROPOSAL THAT TWO OR THREE TRAINING OFFICERS FROM THE HONG KONG
SDU SHOULD VISIT ZAMBIA. THEIR VISIT WOULD OF COURSE BE ON THE
STRICT UNDERSTANDING THAT IF CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE IN HONG KONG
WHICH IN YOUR VIEW NECCESSITATED THEIR RETURN AT SHORT NOTICE,
THE TRAINING COURSE WOULD HAVE TO BE CURTAILED.
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MR CORTAZZI
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