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FM HONG KONG 100400Z AUG 79
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1136 OF 10 AUGUST
INFO OTTAWA, WASHINGTON.
MIPT.
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1. THE ALLOCATION OF ONLY 8,000 PLACES TO HONG KONG OUT OF
CANADA'S 50,000 PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT IS MOST
DISAPPOINTING. BUT I SEE NO POINT IN PRESSING THEM FURTHER NOW.
WE MIGHT BE IN A STRONGER POSITION TO DO SO LATER IF MALAYS! AN
AND INDONESIAN RATES OF OFF-TAKE CONTINUE TO REDUCE THEIR REFUGEE
POPULATION IN COMPARISON TO OURS.
2. THE SAME APPLIES TO AMERICAN PLANS TO TAKE ABOUT 2,000 A MONTH
AS FROM OCTOBER OUT OF A YEAR'S PROGRAMME OF 160,000.
3. I WILL BE IN TORONTO FROM OCTOBER 2-5 FOR THE MORGAN GUARANTY FOUNDATION SEMINAR. WOULD THERE BE ANY POINT IN A QUICK VISIT TO OTTAWA ON OCTOBER 2 7 I MENTIONED THIS POSSIBILITY TO
MISS MACDONALD IN GENEVA.
4. 1 HAD ENVISAGED VISITING WASHINGTON TO PRESS HONG KONG'S CLAIMS
AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME BUT NOW SEE NO POINT IN VIEW OF THE
VICE-PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HONG KONG ON 1 SEPTEMBER. I HAVE TO VISIT PANAMA IN MID-NOVEMBER AND THIS MIGHT BE A BETTER TIME
TO PRESS HONG KONG'S CASE IN WASHINGTON AS THE DISPARITY IN
TREATMENT OF HONG KONG WILL HAVE EMERGED BY THEN,
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