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TO DESKBY 030100Z HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 344: VISIT BY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TO ISRAEL 1. IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE HAS ALSO RECENTLY BEEN INVITED TO VISIT ISRAEL. HE IS PLAYING THE INVITATION LONG. NO DATES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. 2. YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THERE ARE SENSITIVITIES OVER THE ROLE OF THE ISRAEL BORDER POLICE IN PUTTING DOWN PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN EAST JERUSALEM. BUT THE BRUNT OF THE OCCUPATION IS BORNE BY THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES.
3. OUR ADVICE TO SIR PETER IMMERT HAS BEEN THAT, WHILE WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO DISCOURAGE HIS VISIT, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT THAT THE PARAMETERS FOR DISCUSSIONS WERE CLEARLY SET BEFOREHAND AND THAT OUR GUIDELINES ON TRAVEL TO THE WEST BANK, GAZA, GOLAN AND EAST JERUSALEM (IE NOT UNDER ISRAELI AUSPICES) SHOULD BE AGREED AND ADHERED TO. WE HAVE WARNED HIM OF THE RISK THAT THE ISRAELIS WOULD TRY TO DRAW HIM INTO DISCUSSIONS ON BROADER AREAS OF COOPERATION WHICH WE WANT TO AVOID, SUCH AS COUNTER-TERRORISM.
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IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE LIST OF ITEMS IN PARA 1 OF TUR EMANATES FROM THE ISRAELIS OR THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, OR WHETHER THIS AGENDA WAS FOLLOWED IN THE NOVEMBER 1988 VISIT. AN ITEM PARTICULARLY TO WATCH IS TERRORISM, A TERM WHICH WE AND THE ISRAELIS TEND TO INTERPRET DIFFERENTLY. FOR THIS REASON AND FOR THOSE IN PARA 2 ABOVE, AND BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED TERITORIES, WE AGREE YOU SHOULD RECOMMEND THE COMMISSIONER NOT/NOT TO TAKE UP THE INVITATION FOR THE TIME BEING. YOU COULD SUGGEST THAT HE RECONSULT IN 6 MONTHS, IF THE INVITATION ON THE TABLE AND IF HE STILL FEELS, SUBJECT TO YOUR AND OUR ADVICE, DISPOSED TO TAKE IT UP.
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