TNAG-0587-FCO40-720-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 51

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5. PLEASE INFORM CANADIAN AUTHORITIES OF THIS SITUATION, AS OUTL ABOVE, ADDING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE ALREADY TO SOME

(16) EXTENT IN THE PICTURE (TOKYO TEL NO 963, PARA 1, AND UKMIS GENEVA

TEL NO 342, PARA 1). YOU SHOULD SAY THAT WE HOPE THAT, BEFORE 24 NOVEMBER, THE UNHCR WILL HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS TOWARDS

PSETTLING THEM EITHER IN THE USA OR ELSEWHERE.

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FAILING THIS, WE ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THEM HERE, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER, SO FAR AS WE KNOW, EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN COMING TO THE UK. BUT WE WONDER WHETHER (IN VIEW OF THE ELEMENT OF CANADIAN ·

INTEREST IN THE MATTER, RESULTING FROM THE VESSEL'S CANADIAN OWNERSHIP) THE CANADIANS WOULD BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER ADMITTING

THE 13 WHO ORIGINALLY ASKED TO GO TO CANADA.

7. FOR OUR GENERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY, YOU MAY DRAW ON PARAS 1-4 76) OF MY TEL NO 538 TO TOKYO.

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