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TO DESKBY 27083OZ FCO
TELNO 562
CONFIDENTIAL
OF 26201OZ SEPTEMBER 35
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA
INFO SAVING HKGO LONDON
(203) YOUR TELNO 459 TO CANBERRA: SCORRI REPORT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
SUMMARY
INITIAL RESPONSE BY CANADIANS WELCOMING AND FAVOURABLE, BUT SO FAR WITHOUT COMMITMENT TO INCREASED INTAKE.
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DETAIL
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ACTION TAKEN WITH EXTERNAL. SHEEHAN (DIRECTOR GENERAL IMMIG- RATION AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS BUREAU) SAID THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD BE VERY PLEASED WITH THIS NEWS AND FELT SURE THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE VERY POSITIVELY RECEIVED MORE WIDELY AS PART OF THE DRIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL BURDEN SHARING. OUR REQUEST WOULD BE CAREFULLY AND SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDERED BY THE CANADIANS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD WHILE THEY ARE DECIDING ON THEIR PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES IN 1986.
3. FOR 1985 THEY HAD TARGETTED 1100 GOVERNMENT -SPONSORED REFUGEES FROM THE VIETNAMESE CAMPS IN HONG KONG. THIS WAS LIKELY TO BE MET: 1078 WERE ALREADY IN PROCESS BY THE END OF AUGUST.
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FOR 1936 HE COULD SAY THAT VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG WOULD CERTAINLY BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA. HE COULD NOT SAY FOR SURE WHETHER THE FIGURES WOULD END UP HIGHER LOWER OR THE SAME AS 1985: BUT OUR VIEWS AND THE FACT THAT WE WERE TAKING MORE OURSELVES, WOULD CERTAINLY BE TAKEN CAREFULLY INTO ACCOUNT AT ALL STAGES, BOTH WHEN THEY DECIDE WHAT SHARE OF THE OVERALL INTAKE SHOULD COME FROM SE ASIA AND WHAT SHARE VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE WITHIN THAT SUB-TOTAL.
MR CLARK WILL BE BRIEFED, IN CASE THE SECRETARY OF STATE RAISES THIS.
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FCO PASS SAVING TO HKGO LONDON
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
DAY
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
NAD
SPD
CCD
COPIES TO:
HKGO LONDON
MR RAWSTHORNE
HOME OFFICE LUNAR HOUSE
PS/ME RENTON
MR WILSON
SIR W HARDING
CONFIDENTIAL
MKK 243/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
27 SEP 1985
DESK OF FICF+.
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