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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 561 OF 18 JULY

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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.

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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 848: TRAINING FOR ZAMBIAN POLICE FORCE.

1. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OFFER. BUT MINISTERS HERE ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED AT ZAMBIA'S SECURITY PROBLEMS,

AND WOULD LIKE TO MEET THE ZAMBIAN REQUEST AS POSITIVELY

AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE

PROVISION OF TRAINING TO THE PARA-MILITARY WING OF THE ZAMBIAN

POLICE EN MASSE IN ZAMBIA WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY MORE BENEFICIAL

THAN A SHORT COURSE IN HONG KONG FOR THREE OR FOUR OFFICERS ONLY.

IF WE REFUSED TO MEET ADEQUATELY THE ZAMBIAN REQUEST, AND A SERIOUS BREAKDOWN IN SECURITY SUBSEQUENTLY OCCURRED, WE WOULD, RIGHTLY, BE BLAMED. MOREOVER CONTINUING. STABILITY IN ZAMBIA IS CRUCIAL

TO THE FUTURE OF THE SENSITIVE AREA OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AS A WHOLE,

AND PARTICULARLY TO OUR EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN

NAMIBIA AND RHODESIA.

2. WE SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD RE-CONSIDER OUR

PROPOSAL THAT TWO OR THREE TRAINING OFFICERS FROM THE HONG KONG

SDU SHOULD VISIT ZAMBIA. THEIR VISIT WOULD OF COURSE BE ON THE

STRICT UNDERSTANDING THAT IF CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE IN HONG KONG

WHICH IN YOUR VIEW NECCESSITATED THEIR RETURN AT SHORT NOTICE,

THE TRAINING COURSE WOULD HAVE TO BE CURTAILED.

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