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Douglas Brand
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SUBJECT: IRAQ POLICE REFORM: UK PRIORITIES
1. Now that you have been at post four weeks, I thought it would be useful le review UK priorities for the reform of the Irqi police, and your vote in taking these priorities forward.
Priorities
• The CPA Strategy
2. We still need more detail from the Interior Ministry on its policing strategy and its implementation plan. The UK and other states wil be reluctant to engage in the refon ol the Iraqi police service unless we are shown that there is a clear strategy, including it structure and concum of'operations, under which seconded personnel woull optrate and.
cracially, a timetable.
3. We are concerned here that although training is under way, and ideas exist for the exceutico of luther training, the current approach still appears to be ad hoc. Eithe CPA Interior ministry is genuinely considering the deployment of a significant mentoriog mission, it will urgently need to address these issues and make its case to a wider audience. We fully appreciate the constraints of the operating envirocent, but we are keen to keep up momentum and build on progress made.
4. Specific issues on which we need urgent clarification un
- the overarching strategy, including detailed benchmarks and oljectives for progress:
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS):
• i generie agreement under which countries can contribute to le C'PA:
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• Deployment of UK contingent
6. As you know, we are taking action to ensure that the UK is in a posttion to deploy a contingent of up to 100 police ollicers to Iraq (and possibly Hungary) once the condilions n Cheatre allow. This raises a number of questions. lor cxample: what would the coles
•I these officers be, where would they he located, and if trainers, what enurse would 1ze train? Withour confirmation of strategy and objectives for police refort, we will not be i able to commit officers to theatre.
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[signed
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