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TO PRIORITY LUSAKA TELNO 332 OF 24. JULY

INFO HONG KONG.

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7 NO. 51

25 JUL 1978

REGISTRY (Acum, Tekan

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HONG KONG TELNO 908: TRAINING OF ZAMBIAN POLICE.

1.

BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE UP HONG KONG'S OFFER

TO SEND TWO TRAINING INSTRUCTORS TO ZAMBIA NEXT FEBRUARY,

IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR OWN VIEWS, AND YOUR

ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY ZAMBIAN REACTION TO THIS PROPOSAL,

AS SEEN FROM HERE THE PROPOSAL HAS THE MERIT OF MEETING THE

ZAMBIAN REQUEST FOR TRAINING TO TAKE PLACE IN ZAMBIA. MOREOVER, AS WE REMAIN CONVINCED THAT THERE WOULD BE SERIOUS POLITICAL OBJECTIONS TO DESPATCHING AN SAS TEAM TO ZAMBIA, THE HONG KONG OFFER WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY PROVIDE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE IN TERMS OF EFFICIENT AND RELEVANT TRAINING. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED OVER

THE TIMING AND WONDER WHETHER FEBRUARY MIGHT NOT BE TOO LATE.

2. WE SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON PARA 6

OF THE TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.

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SIR A.DUFF MR.CORTAZZI MR.MANSFIELD

MR.MURRAY

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