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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 494 OF 26 JUNE
INFO PRIORITY LUSAKA
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
HKK OSILL
RECEIVED IN 978
?? JUN 1978
NO. 01
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YOUR TELNO 727 AND LUSAKA TELNO 410 : TRAINING FOR ZAMBIAN POLICE
FORCE
1. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR RESERVATIONS AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ZAMBIAN
POLICE OFFICERS VISITING HONG KONG. WE HAD OURSELVES CONSIDERED
SUGGESTING THAT A ZAMBIAN TEAM VISIT SAS, HEREFORD, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THE SCHOOL IS FULLY BOOKED FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS. IN
ANY CASE, IT NOW SEEMS CLEAR FROM LUSAKA TELNO 410 THAT THE ZAMBIANS WOULD PREFER TRAINING TO BE UNDERTAKEN THERE.
2. WE REMAIN DOUBTFUL AT THE WISDOM OF SENDING AN SAS TEAM TO ZAMBIA.
AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE DIFFICULTIES OVER TIMING AND WE ALSO CONSIDER THAT SUCH A PROPOSAL COULD BE MISUNDERSTOOD, BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND IN OTHER AREAS OF AFRICA, BUT WE FULLY SHARE MR ALLINSON'S
CONCERN AT THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ZAMBIA AND ITS EFFECTS
ON THE EXPATRIATES THERE. FOR MORE GENERAL POLITICAL REASONS WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE ZAMBIANS A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THEIR REQUEST
FOR HELP.
3. WE WONDER, THEREFORE, WHETHER YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO AGREE THAT TWO TRAINING OFFICERS FROM THE HONG KONG POLICE TACTICAL UNIT
SPECIAL DUTIES UNIT SHOULD VISIT LUSAKA TO GIVE A SHORT TRAINING
COURSE TO THE ZAMBIAN POLICE. SUCH A SOLUTION WOULD PRESUMABLY EASE ANY DIFFICULTIES OF PRESENTATION WITHIN HONG KONG, WHILE MEETING
THE ZAMBIAN NEED FOR EFFECTIVE AND RELEVANT ASSISTANCE. IF THE
TRAINING OFFICERS' PRESENCE IN LUSAKA BECAME KNOWN (WHICH WE HOPE IT WOULD NOT), IT COULD BE EXPLAINED AS ROUTINE COMMONWEALTH
CO-OPERATION OVER TRAINING.
CONFIDENTIAL
/ WE FULLY