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terrorist incident would be the best first step. It would be

followed by others to meet demand as necessary.

Those countries

which asked for more could receive visits from a member of the

SAS to assist and advise them on local needs. The Metropolitan

Police and Security Service would also be able to participate

in a limited number of such visits. The SAS also have the

capacity to give a strictly limited number of high priority

countries a more extensive programme of training in establishing

an assault team. They could not manage more than three or four

a year and their ability to provide this training would be subject

to other Ministry of Defence commitments.

6.

So far as flash-bang grenades are concerned, the Home

Secretary has agreed that they should be made available (in return

for suitable payment) to those countries which have participated

in the seminar. The Israelis have already been promised them.

7. I enclose a list of countries from whom requests for aspis-

tance have been received, and how matters stand on each. So far

only UAI, Bahrain and Jordan have accepted. Argentina and Brazil

have not been invited to the seminar on Latin American Depa·bment's

advice. They took the view that given the Government's concern

over human rights in both those countries, there would be major

political objections to inviting them. Spain on the other hand

was included after Mr Judd had been specifically consulted (ir

/Fullerton's

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