CONFIDENTIAL
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FNTIAL
FH OTTAWA, 102190Z AUGUST 79
10 PRIORITY FCOH
TELEGRAM NUMBER 350 OF 10 MUGUST 79
INFO SAVING WELLINGTON CANBERRA
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YOUR TELNOS 385, 386 AND 387 TO CANBERRA:
CIANGES TO THE IMMIGRATION RULES
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1. HEAD OF CHANCERY AND THE PASSPORT OFFICER CALLED ON SINGLETON
THE DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DIVISION OF THE DEA THIS
AFTERNOON AND INFORMED HIM OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN IMMIGRATION
RULE NO 27. THEY LEFT A CONFIDENTIAL AIDE MEMOIRE SUMMARISING IT.
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2.
AFTER DISCUSSION, SINGLETON SAID THAT'
A) THIS WAS CLEARLY A MATTER OF UK COMPETENCE ON WHICH HE
DID NOT THINK CANADIAN MINISTERS WOULD CONSIDER IT
APPROPRIATE TO RAISE ANY OBJECTION OR MAKE ANY PUBLIC
COMMENTA
B)
THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO REMOTELY SIMILAR RECIPROCAL
CONCESSION IN THE CANADIAN IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS
WOULD, HE WAS SURE, REINFORCE MINISTERS IN THEIR VIEW THAT COMMENT BY THEM WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
HE UNDERTOOK TO CONSULT MORE WIDELY WITHIN THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AS THIS IS A SUBJECT WHICH DOES NOT FALL CLEARLY WITHIN ANY
DEPARTMENT,S RESPONSIBILITIES AND LET US KNOW IF HE FOUND ANY
REASON TO MODIFY THE VIEWS HE HAD EXPRESSED.
3. WITH THE NEW TEAM OF CANADIAN MINISTERS DISPERSED ON HOLIDAY OR ON OVERSEAS VISITS, AND WITH THE HEAVY AGENDA OF DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
THAT AWAITS THEM ON THEIR RETURN, IT IS, I AM AFRAID IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPECT ANY EXPRESSION OF MINISTERIAL OPINION WITHIN THE TIMETABLE
YOU SET, BUT OUR OWN ASSESSMENT OF LIKELY MINISTERIAL ATTITUDES IS
THE SAME AS THAT EXPRESSED BY SINGLETON.
4. HEAD OF CHANCERY AND PASSPORT OFFICER ALSO COVERED THE PROPOSED
WIENDMENTS TO THE RULE ON WORKING HOLIDAYMAKERS. SINGLETON'S
VIEWS ON THIS WERE IDENTICAL WITH THOSE RECORDED ABOVE.
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