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TO PRIORITY F.C.O. TELNO 595 OF 1 NOVEMBER.
INFO ROUTINE TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON.
INFO SAVING HONG KONG.
YOUR TELNO 449
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1. MEMBER OF CHANCERY CALLED ON EAST ASIAN DIVISION, DEA, THIS
AFTERNOON AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED.
2. DEA TOOK SYMPATHETIC NOTE AND UNDERTOOK TO PASS ON OUR REPRESENT- ATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MANPOWER AND IMMIGRATION IMMEDIATELY. 3. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THIS, DEA POINTED OUT THAT CANADA HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED 7,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, (WITH THEIR DEPENDENTS TO FOLLOW) AND WAS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE COST OF MAINTAINING CAMPS IN THAILAND: THERE WAS IN SOME GOVERNMENT CIRCLES, A FEELING THAT THEY HAD DONE ENOUGH. THEY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE OWNERS OF THE
**W A MATHER'' WERE A BERMUDAN COMPANY, NOT A CANADIAN ONE.
4. CANADIAN DECISION WILL BE TAKEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPORT FROM LAVOIR IN TOKYO (TOKYO TELNO 966 TO FCO).
F.C.O. PLEASE PASS SAVING HONG KONG.
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