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YOUR TELNO 88: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: THE CANADIAN PROGRAMME 1. A MEMBER OF CHANCERY PUT THIS REQUEST TO MISS EDELSTEIN, DIRECTOR, UN SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS DIVISION, DEA. MISS EDELSTEIN EXPRESSED SHOCK AT THE FICURES QUOTED AND PROMISED TO TAKE THE MATTER UP AT AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEETING ON THE REFUGEE SITUATION TOMORROW.
SHE POINTED OUT HOWEVER THAT IT MIGHT MOT BE POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A DEFINITIVE RESPONSE UNTIL AFTER THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION ON 22 MAY. SHE ADDED THAT ALTHOUGH CANADIAN POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE TEND TO BE SYMPATHETIC A RECENT GALLUP POLL HAS SUGGESTED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PUBLIC REACTION AGAINST TAKING INCREASED NUMBERS OF INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES.
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