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Department of External Affairs

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Canada

Ministère des Affaires extérieures

BRITISH HIGH QOEMIBOYDVER

S DEC1975

OTTAWA

The Department of External Affairs presents its compliments

to the British High Commission and has the honour to refer to the High

Commission's Aide-Mémoire of May 13, 1975 concerning the admission to

Canada of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong.

The decision of the Canadian authorities initially to accept

200 independent persons from Hong Kong was subsequently increased to

300. As of October 31, 1975, 325 Vietnamese and Cambodian independents

and 233 sponsored and nominated relatives have been admitted to Canada

from Hong Kong. As of the same date, Canada has accepted a total of

6,414 refugees from Indochina. Because consideration must also be given

to the continuing special Chilean refugee program and to the acceptance

of other individual refugee applications throughout the world, Canadian

authorities regret that they are unable to increase further the allotment

of refugees from Hong Kong.

The Department of External Affairs avails itself of this

opportunity to renew to the British High Commission the assurances of

its highest consideration.

لاست

OTTAWA, December 5, 1975