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(mienased or new) of resettlement places
refugees stating with the reant He, Arumiany,
Jars Blido.chinare
BOAT PEOPLE
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PS/NO 10 DOWNING STREET
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PS/LPS
FS/MR HURD
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
ER CORHAZZI
MR MURRAY
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HD/UND
HD/HK & GD
HD/MVD
HD/NEWS D
HD/SEAD
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UNCLASSIFIED
FM OTTAWA 192345Z JUL 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 338 OF 19 JULY
AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
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CUR TELIO 7 TO HONG KONG : INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
379
1. DURING A CALL I PAID ON MR ATKEY, MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION THIS MORNING, HE CONFIRMED THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS NOW PREPARED TO INCREASE ITS INTAKE OF INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES. CANADA IS READY TO TAKE 20,000 REFUGEES THIS YEAR AND AS MANY AS 59,992 BEFORE THE END OF 1980, PROVIDED THAT PRIVATE SPONSORS - ACCEPT-D RESPONSIBILITY FOR 50% OF THE INFLOW, WITH THE GOVERNMENT
IF THESE FIGURES WERE TO BE REACHED, MATCHING THEM ONE-FOR-ONE.
THE ENTRY QUOTA WOULD BE TRIPLED TO 3,000 A MONTH.
20 FR ATKEY HAD BEGUN OUR MEETING BY EXPRESSING HIS APPRECIATION OF YOUR STATEMENT YESTERDAY ABOUT THE NUMBERS HMG WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT IN THE UK.
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