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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 349 OF 3 MAY 1978
INFO TOKYO, PEKING, MODUK (DS10), SECURITY SERVICE.
FOR GOVERNOR AND POLAD. COUNTER-TERRORISM
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1. WE WISH TO OFFER THE JAPANESE SECURITY AUTHORITIES A TRAINING COURSE FOR THEIR ANTI-TERRORIST UNIT IN THE AUTUMN OF 1978.
NORMALLY IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES A FIVE-MAN SA S TEAM WOULD
VISIT THE CLIENT COUNTRY FOR ABOUT TEN WEEKS, BUT WE ARE ADVISED BY H M A IN TOKYO THAT FOR INTERNAL SECURITY AND POLITICAL
REASONS THE JAPANESE WOULD FIND OUR OFFER MORE ACCEPTABLE IF
THE TRAINING WERE TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE JAPAN. HE HAS SUGGESTED
TO US HONG KONG AS HAVING ADEQUATE AND SECURE MILITARY FACILITIES
AND ENOUGH JAPANESE TOURISTS TO MAKE THE PRESENCE OF JAPANESE
TRAINEES UNREMARKABLE.
2. THE SAS CANNOT ACCEPT LARGE NUMBERS OF FOREIGN TRAINEES
AT HEREFORD AND WOULD BE CONTENT WITH HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH THEY
WILL IN ANY CASE HAVE TO MAKE A SHORT RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO . JAPAN. BUT YOU MAY SEE DIFFICULTIES, EG IN ACCOMMODATING 20 - 25 JAPANESE SERVICEMEN DISCREETLY FOR TEN WEEKS. YOU WILL ALSO WISH
TO CONSIDER THE LIKELY CHINESE REACTION AND WHETHER THEY SHOULD
BE INFORMED.
3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY VIEWS AS THIS HAS NOT
YET BEEN PUT TO THE JAPANESE AND THE RECONNAISSANCE VISIT IS
PLANNED FOR THE END OF MAY,
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