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TO PRIORITY FCO, TELNO 1016, DATED 8 NOVEMBER 1976., REPEATED AS PRIORITY INFO TO OTTAWA, ROUTINE INFO TO UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON AND HONG KONG.
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: W A MATHER.
1.
THE CANADIAN EMBASSY INFORMED US TODAY THAT THE CANADIANS ARE
WILLING IN PRINCIPLE TO ACCEPT 12 MEMBERS OF THE GROUP OF 33 SUB-
JECT TO CERTAIN MEDICAL AND OTHER CHECKS. THE 12 ARE ALL MEMBERS
OF A SINGLE FAMILY HEADED BY LE HUY DINH. LAVOIE IS HIS PRESENTATION OF THE FAMILY'S CASE EMPHASIZED THAT THEY HAD A COUSIN LIVING IN
QUEBEC., A FORTUITOUS DISCOVERY,
2.
UNHCR WILL NOW ASK THE AUSTRALIANS TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS
FROM THE REMAINING 21 MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BUT WE ARE NOT OPTIMISTIC. SHOULD THE AUSTRALIANS REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEM, THEN THERE WOULD SEEM NO ALTERNATIVE BUT FOR US TO TAKE THEM OURSELVES. THE UNHCR RE-
PRESENTATIVE HAS TOLD US THAT HE HAS NO FURTHER IDEAS TO OFFER.
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