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5. THE IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG ARE FORMING PART OF THE FABRIC
OF CANADIAN COMMUNITIES, AND NOT ONLY IN TRADITIONAL CENTRES
LIKE VANCOUVER AND TORONTO.
6. THE FLOW OF APPLICATIONS FROM POTENTIAL IMMIGRANTS IS
APPARENTLY SENSITIVE TO EVERY HICCUP: THE CANADIANS NOTICED THAT
IT INCREASED GREATLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF
JARDINE MATHESON'S PLANS TO SET UP OUTSIDE HONG KONG AND THE
RECENT STATEMENT ON CHINESE TROOPS BEING IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997.
7. THE CANADIANS HAVE BEEN GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT AT SOME POINT BE A MORE GENERAL
EXODUS, AND HOW THEY WOULD HANDLE A CONSEQUENT WIDER FLOOD OF
APPLICATIONS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY EXPECT OR WANT.
HAVE NOT SO FAR DONE ANY DETAILED PLANNING, AND ARE NOT CURRENTLY
GEARING UP IN EXPECTATION OF PROBLEMS, BUT THEY ARE NEVERTHELESS
PREOCCUPIED WITH THE LIMITED CAPACITY, AND SOMEWHAT CROWDED
CONDITIONS OF THEIR PRESENT MISSION.
8.
THEY
THEIR OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS TO TRY NOT TO ADD TO THE DIFFICULT
IES AND SENSITIVITIES, AND THEY AIM TO GIVE REASSURING ANSWERS
WHEN ASKED FOR THEIR VIEWS.
9. JOHN HADWEN, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EAST ASIA IN DEA HAS
MADE THE POINT, WITH WHICH WE AGREE, THAT THE FOREGOING UNDER-
LINES THAT KEEPING THE CANADIANS BRIEFED IS IN OUR INTERESTS, AS
WELL AS THE CANADIANS'. HE IS ATTENDING A DITCHLEY CONFERENCE
IN SEPTEMBER AND IS PURSUING SEPARATELY THE POSSIBILITY OF A
CALL ON DAVID WILSON WHILE HE IS IN LONDON. I BELIEVE DAVID
WILSON WOULD FIND A CONVERSATION WITH HIM INTERESTING AND
USEFUL.
ENDS
SIGNED CO HUM
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