TNAG-0558-FCO40-653-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 167

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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 299 OF 30 MAY INFO HONG KONG, SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT) AND WASHINGTON,

MY TELNO 272: VIETNAMESE REFUGESS IN HONG KONG.

1. THE CANADIAN HAVE JUST DECIDED TO INCREASE THE HONG KONG ALLOCATION BY 100. INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEING SENT TO THEIR OFFICE IN HONG KONG, (TO WHOM OUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE SHOULD NOT BE REVEALED).

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2. NO SUBMISSION HAS YET BEEN MADE TO THE CABINET TO INCREASE THE CEILING OF 3,000 NON-RELATIVES WHO WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER CANADA. THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE OF A CONTROVERSY SURROUDING CERTAIN IMMIGR- ANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY REACHED CANADA (INCLUDING GENERAL DANG VAN QUANG). ANOTHER FACTOR IS THE UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE NUMBER OF RELATIVES OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE ALREADY RESIDENT IN CANADA WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR ENTRY (AN AVERAGE OF 14 RELATIVES PER RESIDENT). UNTIL A MORE PRECISE INDICATION OF THEIR TOTAL IS APPARENT, MANPOWER AND IMMIGRATION ARE UNLIKELY TO RECOMMEND AN INCREASE IN THE

CEILING OF 3,000 NON-RELATIVES.

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