GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
01-MAY-1993 09:38
POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFF.
852 804 6732
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香港下亞厘畢道
本署檔號 Our Refug
HKA 062/1
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Passed Merage
來函橋號 Your Ref.:
19 MA 1993
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8. Pattison C.A. No objections.
متارید
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R Bunten Esq
HKD
FCO
Jean Rod
No problem J7/5
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
reens on to 3 May 1993
me MB 4/v Mr Rickett,
7/5-
me if
we
had
Background is: S. Pattism asted
anay
views. I was
slightly suprind that He had not gone through us and wandered if Gort House were aware the US Army
of the approach to it turns out that they weren't blow
But I have no proboter
Hong Kong request for training
for Black Hawk pilots
with Re substance.
If you agree, I'll tell w/tonesis
I had not heard of this before but have spoken to John Dean. As he explains in the letter to Peacock-Edwards, HKG now has two Black Hawk helicopters but only five of our pilots are trained to fly them. We would like to train more, but this is very expensive when done 'live'. There are only two simulators for this aircraft in the world, owned one each by the US Air Force and US Army. The Airforce will not allow outsiders to train on its machine, but apparently the Army's simulator is exactly comparable to the model of Black Hawk which HKG has bought.
The Black Hawks are a valuable upgrading of our Flying Services capabilities. I therefore not only see no problem with Washington passing the request to the Americans, I hope they might try and give it as fair a wind as possible.
Jomo eva
Stephen
(S E Bradley)
Deputy Political Adviser
cc Mr S D Pattison, First Secretary, Washington
Sfors (Attn Mr John Dean)
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