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those released. Similarly, officers of the Canadian Commission have already refused resettlement to 8 Vietnamese whose release, had been obtained on their behalf by your Legal Officer.

In the specific case of

I have pre- viously replied to you at some length on 4 November 1980 (your reference AD/2851). The position is unchanged, but. if you now have information that a U.S. immigrant visa has been approved, then I can arrange to inform Mr. Ho Dien to contact the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou immediately after his repatriation to China, and I understand that the U.S. Consular officers here can arrange to have any necessary papers transferred to the office in Guangzhou.

arrived in 1980 and not,

as stated in your letter, in 1979. The position is unchanged from that in my letter of 27 October 1980 to Colin Mitchell (your reference AD/2649).

appears to be the least desery-

ing of the three cases, and you list no compassionate factors other than that he arrived in 1979, a circumstance which applies equally to 813 other detainees. The circum- stances are unchanged since Mr. Woo's letter of 5 December 1980 to you. Indeed, all of Mr. Pham's close relatives are in Vietnam, and I know of only a grandmother in the U.S.A..

Yours sincerely,

A

MD Chadderton

for Director of Immigration

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MDC/AC