CONFIDENTIAL
706
150270
A
CONFIDENTIAL
FM OTTAWA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 857
OF 230035Z DECEMBER 89
Ess
RECEIVED
CUSTRY
09 JAN 1990
DESK OFFICEN
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, BTC HONG KONG, HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 2364 TO WASHINGTON: HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
1.
WE TOOK ACTION ON 22 DECEMBER WITH JEAN MCCLOSKEY, DEPUTY MINISTER (DUS EQUIVALENT) RESPONSIBLE FOR ASIA.
THE ASSISTANT
2. MCCLOSKEY TOOK NOTE AND SAID THAT POSSIBLE CHANGES TO CANADIAN POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG WERE STILL UNDER REVIEW. SHE DID NOT, HOWEVER, HOLD OUT ANY EARLY HOPE OF COMPARABLE MEASURES TO OUR OWN. SHE STRESSED THAT CANADA ALREADY TOOK 23,000 LANDED IMMIGRANTS A YEAR FROM HONG KONG. CANADIAN PUBLIC FOLICY WAS GLOBAL IN SCOPE, THERE WAS NO PUBLIC PRESSURE TO DO MORE FOR HONG KONG AND PUBLIC OPINION DID NOT LIKE ANY IMMIGRATION POLICY WHICH COULD BE REGARDED AS MAKING CANADA A COUNTRY OF CONVENIENCE.
FALL
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
107
MAIN
104
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
SEAD
.(RESTRICTED)
PS
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH (FE)
ECD (I)
WED
NAD
SPO
FED
ADDITIONAL
3
PUSD
NEWS D
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
MR BLATHERWICK
MR MOSS
MR EDWARDS, LEG ADV. MR WHOMERSLEY, LEG ADV
ME FIFOST.
HKD
1
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