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FM FCO 221043Z
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HKK RECOVED
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TO IMMEDIATE LUSAKA TEL NO 368 OF 22 AUGUST
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO TO ROUTINE GEN. FURSDON DMAO MOD
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HONG KONG TELNO 989 TO FCO AND YOUR TELNO 1 TO HONG KONG:
TRAINING OF ZAMBIAN POLICE
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1. SINCE THE ZAMBIANS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD PERFER ANY TRAINING TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN ZAMBIA (YOUR TELNO 410),
MANSFIELD DISCUSSED THE HONG KONG TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG ON 17 AUGUST.. IT SEEMS TO US THAT THE ZAMBIAN REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN YOUR TELNO 1 TO HONG KONG ARE SO SWEEPING THAT THE ZAMBIANS MAY NOT THEMSELVES APPRECIATE PRECISELY WHAT TRAINING THEIR PARAMILITARY UNITS NEEDS. WE THEREFORE THINK THAT THE FIRST STEP SHOULD BE A SHORT CONSULTANCY VISIT TO ZAMBIA BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE OFFICE IN THE MOD, GENERAL
FURSDON. HE WOULD MAKE A PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE PARA-MILITARY WING, AND WOULD DISCUSS WITH THE ZAMBIANS NOW IT COULD BEST BE ORGANISED AND TRAINED FOR THE PURPOSES THEY HAVE IN MIND, THE HAO HAVE RECENTLY CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFUL CONSULTANCIES IN OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES (EG BOTSWANA, LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND) AND EXPECT TO GO TO MALAWI SHORTLY. THEY WOULD BE
WELL PLACED TO ADVISE ON ZAMBIAN NEEDS.
2. IF THE ZAMBIANS WOULD LIKE THIS CONSULTANCY VISIT, GENERAL FURSDON CONSIDERS, AND WE AGREE, THAT THE VISIT SHOULD TAKE PLACE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, HE IS HEAVILY COMMITTED FROM 4 SEPTEMBER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO VISIT ZAMBIA FOR A FEW DAYS NEXT WEEK. IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE ZAMBIANS, WE WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE FOR MR MOOR, SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN HONG KONG. (HONG KONG TELNO 1010) TO ACCOMPANY FURSDON. THEY COULD ARRIVE IN LUSAKA ON EITHER 28 CR 29 AUGUST,
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