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SEP 1986
CONFIDENTIAL
FM OTTAWA
ITO PRIORITY FOO
TELNO 559
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OF 10195OZ SEPTEMBER 86
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INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, BANGKOK, INFO ROUTINE HANGI, KUALA LUMPUR
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YOUR TELNO 1581 TO WASHINGTON: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN TO GET A MOVE ON, BUT ARE RELUCTANT
TO RISK PREJUDICING CANADIAN GOOD WILL BY APPEARING TO HUSSLE THEM.
WE ARE PARTICULARLY KEEN TO DO NOTHING TO IRRITATE SHEEHAN, WHOSE
PERSONAL EFFORTS SECURED AN INCREASE IN LAST YEAR'S QUOTA FOR
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. FOR THESE REASONS WE WOULD
BE RELUCTANT TO PRESS HIM ON THE LINES OF PARA 2 CF TUR.
2. AS SEEN FROM HERE THE NATURAL WAY TO CONVEY OUR ENTHUSIASM
WOULD BE TO ASK THE CANADIANS WHETHER THEY HAVE HAD ANY READ OUT
FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP ABOUT OUR APPROACH AND TO ADD
THAT THERE WILL NO DOUBT BE INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR
DELEGATES IN THE MARGINS OF EXCOM. WE COULD ALSO REFER TO THE
EXPANDED MEETING OF 1984 (UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 506). IF WE ARE
ARMED WITH THE INFORMATION MENTIONED IN PARA 4 OF YOUR TUR ALL THE
BETTER.
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