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YOUR TELNO 7 OF 9 MAY: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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YOUR MESSAGE ARRIVED JUST BEFORE SIR JACK LEFT FOR THE UK.
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2. WE WERE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE AUSTRALIANS ARE LIKELY TO INCLUDE A QUOTA OF AT LEAST 1,150 REFUGEES FOR 1980/81. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER LOCALLY. HE HAS ALSO TOLD US THAT THE AUSTRALIANS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THAILAND.
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3. SIR JACK'S STAY IN AUSTRALIA IS NECESSARILY SHORT AND AS A RESULT HE WOULD PREFER NOT TO COME TO CANBERRA UNLESS YOU FELT THIS WOULD PRODUCE A MUCH LARGER QUOTA. AS AN ALTERNATIVE WE SUGGEST THAT HE SHOULD RING YOU AND VOLKER FROM SYDNEY AFTER ARRIVAL TO SEE WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN ANY DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WOULD REQUIRE HIM, DESPITE THE SHORTNESS OF HIS STAY IN AUSTRALIA,
TO COME TO CANBERRA.
4. IF THIS ALTERNATIVE SEEMS THE BEST SOLUTION SIR JACK WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OPEN YOUR KIND OFFER THAT HE AND HIS WIFE SHOULD
STAY WITH YOU.
5. HONGAID. PLEASE PASS ABOVE TO SIR JACK CATER.
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