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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 001 OF 4 AUGUST 1978,

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AND TO IMMEDIATE FCO.

YOUR TELNO 933 OF 28 JULY 1978:

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TRAINING OF ZAMBIAN POLICE

THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE WING IS 670. IT IS DIVIDED INTO 16 COMPANIES EACH COMMANDED BY OFFICERS WITH 4 PLATOONS IN EACH, COMMANDED BY NCO'S, THE WING IS COMMANDED BY CONMANDING OFFICER AND DEPUTY. THE COMPANIES AND PLATOONS ARE UNDER-STRENGTH COMPARED WITH ESTABLISHMENT,

28 THE PURPOSE OF. THE WING IS TO COUNTER: '

THE EARLY STAGES OF INTERNAL INSURRECTION PRIOR TO A SITUATION IN WHICH THE ALREADY HEAVILY PRESSED ZAMBIAN ARMY WOULD BE REQUIRED. IT SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH LIMITED COUNTER-INSURGENCY,

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INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS, INCLUDING HI-JACKING.

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GANGS OF ARMED ROBBERS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT,

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THE WING HAS RECEIVED BASIS PARAMILITARY TRAINING IN THE MID-1966S FROM BRITISH OFFICERS (WHO ALSO TRAINED THE GÊU IN

(10 KENYA). THE AIM OF THE TWO-TIER PROPOSED TRAINING IS TO:

UPGRADE THE PARAMILITARY CAPABILITIES OF THE WHOLE WING, INCLUDING PLANNING, COMMAND, LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS,

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TRAIN OFFICERS AND NCO INSTRUCTORS IN SPECIALIST PARA- MILITARY TECHNIQUES, AND SET UP UNITS CAPABLE OF CARRYING THEN OUT. UPON THE SIZE AND MAKE-UP OF THESE UNITS, WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE SIZE OF THE WING, THE ZAMOLANS REQUIRE ADVICE,

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