TNAG-1538-FCO40-2102-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 22

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FM HONG KONG

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RECEIVEN REGISTRY

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13 NOV 1986

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REGISTRY

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TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 3757

OF 12074OZ NOVEMBER 86

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, OTTAWA

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : CANADIAN OFFTAKE

THE CANADIAN IMMIGRATION COUNSELLOR HAS INFORMED US THAT HIS GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED ON AN OFFTAKE OF 500 FOR NEXT YEAR. WE ASKED WHETHER, AS BEFORE, A FURTHER ADDITIONAL OFFTAKE COULD BE EXPECTED. HE SAID THAT THIS WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER HMG RENEWED ITS OFFTAKE. WE PRESSED HIM ON THIS LINKAGE AND HE SAID THAT 300 RESETTLEMENT PLACES OUT OF THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL INTAKE WERE HELD IN RESERVE. HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THESE 300 PLACES WOULD

COME TO HONG KONG IF HMG GAVE A LEAD.

YOUDE

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HMLNAN 4609

BOAT PEOPLE

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PS/MR RENTON PS/MR EGGAR MR GILLMORE

LIMITED

HKD

SEAD

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UND

FED

NEWS D

MR WILSON

MAED

MR SLATER

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

MR BRAITHWAITE

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