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FM CARACAS
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 248
OF 191305Z OCTOBER 93
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
POLICE TRAINING IN VENEZUELA
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FCO FOR LAD AND HKD
HONG KONG FOR GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
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1 I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE HEAD OF THE POLICE FORCE IN CHACAO, ONE OF THE FOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN CARACAS, IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ORGANIZE A VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE PROFESSOR OF POLICE LAW AT THEIR POLICE ACADEMY, RAMON IGNACIO VELASQUEZ. THEY WOULD LIKE THE VISIT TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER, ALTHOUGH THIS SEEMS RATHER IMPRACTICAL GIVEN THE LACK OF NOTICE THEY HAVE GIVEN.
2. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WOULD BE TO ALLOW VELASQUEZ TO SEE AT FIRST HAND THE INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN THE RUNNING OF THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, AND TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY LESSONS WHICH CAN BE APPLIED TO THE TRAINING OF THEIR OWN POLICE CADETS.
3. I WOULD LIKE TO HELP IF POSSIBLE. WE HAVE STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE PROCESS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN VENEZUELA AS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS BETTER GOVERNMENT BUT THE DELEGATION OF MANY
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RESPONSIBILITIES FROM NATIONAL TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAS INEVITABLY LED TO DIFFICULTIES, OFTEN DUE TO LACK OF EXPERIENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO BACK UP OUR SUPPORT WITH PRACTICAL HELP WHENEVER FEASIBLE. ANOTHER REASON FOR WANTING TO BE AS COOPERATIVE AS POSSIBLE IS THAT PROF. VELASQUEZ HAPPENS TO BE THE SON OF
VELASQUEZ.
like it! VENEZUELA'S INTERIM PRESIDENT RAMON J.
4.
I WILL REQUEST MORE INFORMATION WHEN I MEET THE MAYOR OF CHACAO ON 19 OCTOBER, BUT I IMAGINE THAT THE TYPE OF VISIT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING FOR WOULD INCLUDE MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INSTITUTIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HONG KONG POLICE AND THE TRAINING ACADEMY. I WOULD ALSO ASSUME, GIVEN THE PROBLEM OF POLICE CORRUPTION IN VENEZUELA THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET THOSE
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