CPS 115
1581
PA
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM EDMONTON 161485Z AUG 79
TO RUTINE OTTAWA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 333 OF 16 AUGUST 1979
REPEATED TO FCO AND HONG KONG
HONG KONG TEL NO 1131 TO FCO:
RE SETTLEMENT.
AKK 243/1.
RELATED IN REGISTRY NO.
16 AUG 1979
WESK OFFICER
PA
ROSESORY Action Time
ALBERTAN GOVERNMENT ACTIVE IN RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME. THEY HAVE DONATED DOLLARS ONE MILLION AND MORE LIKELY TO BE FORTHCOMING. MOTIVES ARE PARTLY HUMANITARIAN, PARTLY PENDING MANPOWER SHORTAGE AS DEVELOPMENT OF OIL RESOURCES QUICKENS.
2.
i.
HAVE DISCUSSED SITUATION WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THEIR ONLY CONCERN IS THAT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES MIGHT SLACKEN AS NEWS ATTENTION 1 FADES. IF ANY SUITABLE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE IS IN
THIS AREA, THEY WOULD WELCOME A VISIT BY HIM TO SPEAK TO PRESS AND ENCOURAGE ALBERTAN PEOPLE TO
MAINTAIN SUPPORT.
DAY
FILES
SEAD
NK & GD
UND
FED
LESD
N AM D
SAD
HAED
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MVD
PS
PS/IPS
PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER - PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR BULLARD
MR FERUSSON
MR FRETVELO
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
RIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
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