CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY OTTAWA TELNO 001
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OUR TELNO 1191: EMIGRATION FROM HONG KONG: CANADIAN POLICY
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1 THE CANADIAN COMMISSIONER CALLED ON CHIEF SECRETARY ON 23 APRIL. SHE HAS SEEN A REPORT THAT OUR HIGH COMMISSIONER IN OTTAWA HAD SPOKEN TO THE NEW IMMIGRATION MINISTER RECENTLY AND HAD RAISED AGAIN THE MATTER OF THE FINANCE MINISTER'S REMARKS AT DAVOS. SHE WAS UPSET THAT WE SEEMED TO BE PURSUING A CAMPAIGN ON THE MATTER.
2. GRATEFUL TO KNOW CIRCUMSTANCES OF CONVERSATION. COMMISSIONER (WHO WAS AT DAVOS) MAINTAINS FINANCE MINISTER DID NOT (NOT) RAISE SUBJECT OF EMIGRATION THERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO REASSURE HER THAT WE ARE NOT WORRYING AT THIS PARTICULAR BONE. PRESUMABLY THE MATTER CAME UP IN GENERAL DISCUSSION.
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