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14 MAY 307
SK OFFICEA
Action Taken
FM TOKYO 110800Z MAY
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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 321 OF 11-5-78
INFO MODUK (DSIO), SECURITY SERVICE,
OUR TEL 300 OF 4 MAY:
No
COUNTER-TERRORIST TRAINING:
1. WE PUT THE OFFER DESCRIBED IN PARA 1 OF YOUR TEL 170 OF 24 APRIL TO THE JAPANESE NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY INFORMALLY
YESTERDAY.'
2.
AS WE ANTICIPATED THEY EXPRESSED A STRONG PREFERENCE FOR
SENDING A JAPANESE TEAM TO THE UK, THEY HAD ALREADY FORMED AN ANTI-TERRORIST SQUAD OF SECTION STRENGTH WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH UNDERWENT TRAINING AT DEFENCE AGENCY
FACILITIES AT ATSUGI NEAR TOKYO, THESE FACILITIES WERE UNDER OBSERVATION BY THE JAPAN COMMUNIST PARTY AND THERE WAS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF QUESTIONS IN THE DIET ARISING FROM THE DETECTION OF
A POLICE PRESENCE AT ATSUGI. THE PRESENCE OF AN SAS TRAINING TEAM WOULD NATURALLY COMPLICATE THIS SITUATION (AS WOULD THE PROBLEM OF THE IMPORTATION OF FIREARMS). WE SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT PERHAPS BE POSSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING TO TAKE PLACE AT AN NPA INSTALLATION REMOTE FROM TOKYO AND FOR THE TEAM TO ARRIVE IN JAPAN DESCREETLY a' IT WAS UNFOGTUNATE HOWEVER THAT FOR SECURITY REASONS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO INVITE A JAPANESE TEAM TO UNDERTAKE TRAINING
IN THE UK,
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36 THE NPA UNDERTOOK TO CONSULT THOSE IN THE MPD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANTI-TERRORIST SQUAD AND TO LET US KNOW SOON WHETHER THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT OUR OFFER. THEY TOOK THE FINANCIAL POINT AND WOULD EXAMINE THE BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS. WHEN WE SAID THAT THE GAIMUSHO MIGHT NEED TO BE INFORMED THEY REMARKED THAT IN GENERAL THEY PREFERRED NOT TO INVOLVE THE GAIMUSHO IN THEIR AFFAIRS WHERE THEY COULD AVOID IT, THEY DID NOT SEEK GAIMUSHO CLEARANCE EVERY TIME THEY RECEIVED A GUEST IN JAPAN,
4.
I THINK THAT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE MPA'S REACTION WAS PREDICTABLE, WE SHALL HAVE TO SEE, BUT THE ODDS ARE ABOUT EVEN ON .
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