CONFIDENTIAL UK EYES A
it should therefore appear on the reserve list. There is also a case for placing Zimbabwe on the reserve list in recognition of the need to provide some compensation for the planned draw down
in BMATT.
17. Other candidates which may need to be considered in the
future include Namibia, which has already sent one student to Camberly; Mozambique once a durable and comprehensive peace settlement is in place; and Angola once UNITA and FAPLA become merged into a unified defence force. In the longer term it will be important to invite a student from South Africa once full
defence relations have been restored.
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18. Given our continuing responsibility for Hong Kong between now and 1997 and our interest in ensuring that the Royal Hong Police can satisfactorily deal with security matters in the Territory,
I believe the RHKP should receive a place as usual. As last year
we will want to ensure that the student comes from among those
who are likely to stay on after 1997. As fellow members of the FPDA, Malaysia and Singapore should receive a place each, and in view of the very large defence sales prospects there, so should Indonesia. Japan usually receives a place every other year, and
as a student is. attending in 1992 would not normally expect a
place in 1993. But in view of Japan's gradual emergence as a
major political as well as economic power [and in particular the prospect that legislation will soon be passed to allow JSDF personnel to take part in UN peacekeeping operations] - I believe
it should receive the second of the three floating places.
19. Of the other likely candidates in the region, both Korea and
Brunei have students on the 1992 course. Thailand on the other
hand has not attended since 1990 and merits a reserve place for
1993 on the basis of defence sales prospects and the infantry exercise facilities provided there for the Hong Kong garrison.
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CONFIDENTIAL UK EYES A
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