[Letterhead in red ink:] DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

INWARD CABLEGRAM

[Right margin is red, with printed block letters reading 'CONFIDENTIAL'.]

[Handwritten in blue ink in top right corner:] 66/7143

[Stamped in red ink: 'RECEIVED', '26 FEB 1969', 'P.M.'S DEPARTMENT SECRET REGISTRY'.]

EOB

26/2/69

FROM

Australian High Commission

Colombo

I.18480

TOD 25.1830 LT

TOR 25.2346 LT

132 CONFIDENTIAL IMMEDIATE

FOR IMMIGRATION

YOUR AP18

NON EUROPEAN MIGRATION

ESTIMATED WRITTEN ENQUIRIES BY NON EUROPEANS FOUND PRIMA FACIE INELIGIBLE:

FROM MARCH, 1966 42 1967 48 1968 65[.]

APPLICATIONS REJECTED WITHOUT REFERENCE:

FROM MARCH,

1966 3 1967 26 1968 105[.]

THE FIGURE OF 3 FOR 1966 MAY BE INACCURATE SINCE WE BELIEVE SOME FILES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED.

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IMMIGRATION (C)

D.C.O

P.M'S