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1. DHC TOOK ACTION WITH SHEEHAN ( DIRECTOR GENERAL, AND IMMIGRATION AFFAIRS, DEA) ON 4 SEPTEMBER. HIS REACTION WAS GENERALLY FORTHCOMING, THOUGH HE REMINDED US THAT WE HAD DECLINED US AMBASSADOR EUGENE DOUGLAS'S INVITATION TO THE HONOLULU MEETING IN 1983, WHICH LED TO THE GROUP'S FORMATION.
2. SHEEHAN SAID THAT THE GROUP WOULD BE MEETING AGAIN NEXT MONTH IN THE MARGINS OF UNHCR EXCOM, WHICH SHEEHAN HIMSELF WILL BE ATTENDING,
THE TO CONSIDER A PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF THE GROUP'S ACTIVITIES. CANADIANS WOULD NOT RESPOND FORMALLY TO OUR PROPOSAL UNTIL AFTER THAT MEETING AND DISCUSSION ON OUR REQUEST WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES. BUT HE HIMSELF SAW MUCH ADVANTAGE IN THE UK'S PARTICIPATION.
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SHEEHAN MENTIONED THAT THE ANNUAL EXERCISE TO SET APPROXIMATE QUOTAS FOR THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF CANADA'S IMMIGRATION TARGET FOR 1987 WAS JUST GETTING UNDER WAY. HE TOOK NOTE OF OUR ANXIETIES ABOUT THE INCREASED FLOW INTO HONG KONG.
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