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TTAWA 051730Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 759 OF 5 DECEMBER
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
DEC 1978
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INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON (FOR CORTAZZI), PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA. YOUR TELNO 2841 TO WASHINGTON: INDO-CHINA REFUGEES
THE CANADIANS HAVE CANVASSED A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. MOST ARE RELUCTANT TO SEE THE UNHCR MEETING BECOME
BLITICISED AND ARE CONCERNED LEST CRITICISM OF VIETNAM LEADS
TO STERILE WRANGLING. HOWEVER, THE AUSTRALIANS ARE EXPECTED
TO TAKE A VERY TOUGH LINE AND THE AMERICANS TO PRESS HARD FOR A COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM. WHILE THE CANADIANS ARE UNWILLING TO TAKE THE LEAD THEY WOULD NOT BE UNHAPPY TO SEE A GENERAL DEBATE DEVELOP. THEY DO NOT EXPECT THE MEETING TO REACH ANY HARD AND FAST CONCLUSIONS BUT THEY HOPE THAT DISCUSSION IN UNHCR MAY PROVIDE A MEANS OF INVOLVING A WIDER CIRCLE OF
COUNTRIES EG THE LATIN AMERICANS AND THE JAPANESE AS WELL AS THE
TRADITIONAL IMMIGRANT COUNTRIES.
2. GIGNAC, (AUS, DEA) WHO WILL BE LEADING THE CANADIAN
DELEGATION TO UNHCR IS ALREADY SCHEDULED TO MEET CORTAZZI
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ON THIS PROBLEM.
HIS OFFICE WILL ENSURE THAT HE IS BRIEFED
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