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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 349 OF 3 MAY 1978

INFO TOKYO, PEKING, MODUK (DS10), SECURITY SERVICE.

FOR GOVERNOR AND POLAD. COUNTER-TERRORISM

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1. WE WISH TO OFFER THE JAPANESE SECURITY AUTHORITIES A TRAINING COURSE FOR THEIR ANTI-TERRORIST UNIT IN THE AUTUMN OF 1978.

NORMALLY IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES A FIVE-MAN SA S TEAM WOULD

VISIT THE CLIENT COUNTRY FOR ABOUT TEN WEEKS, BUT WE ARE ADVISED BY H M A IN TOKYO THAT FOR INTERNAL SECURITY AND POLITICAL

REASONS THE JAPANESE WOULD FIND OUR OFFER MORE ACCEPTABLE IF

THE TRAINING WERE TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE JAPAN. HE HAS SUGGESTED

TO US HONG KONG AS HAVING ADEQUATE AND SECURE MILITARY FACILITIES

AND ENOUGH JAPANESE TOURISTS TO MAKE THE PRESENCE OF JAPANESE

TRAINEES UNREMARKABLE.

2. THE SAS CANNOT ACCEPT LARGE NUMBERS OF FOREIGN TRAINEES

AT HEREFORD AND WOULD BE CONTENT WITH HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH THEY

WILL IN ANY CASE HAVE TO MAKE A SHORT RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO . JAPAN. BUT YOU MAY SEE DIFFICULTIES, EG IN ACCOMMODATING 20 - 25 JAPANESE SERVICEMEN DISCREETLY FOR TEN WEEKS. YOU WILL ALSO WISH

TO CONSIDER THE LIKELY CHINESE REACTION AND WHETHER THEY SHOULD

BE INFORMED.

3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY VIEWS AS THIS HAS NOT

YET BEEN PUT TO THE JAPANESE AND THE RECONNAISSANCE VISIT IS

PLANNED FOR THE END OF MAY,

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