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Ineligible non-European migrant applications – Australian Embassy in Paris
[Right hand side of paper is shaded red, and reads CONFIDENTIAL]
[handwritten] 66/7143
[stamp] RECEIVED 26 FEB 1969 P.M'S DEPARTMENT SECRET REGISTRY
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS INWARD CABLEGRAM
EOB
26/2/69
FROM
AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY PARIS
I.18427
TOD 25.1115 LT
TOR 25.2150 LT
1140 CONFIDENTIAL IMMEDIATE
FOR IMMIGRATION FROM GOODWIN.
YOUR AP18 ESTIMATED ENQUIRIES BY NON-EUROPEANS PRIMA FACIE INELIGIBLE SINCE MARCH 1966 TO END 1969 1000 PERSONS ESTIMATED APPLICATIONS SAME PERIOD 600 PERSONS.
2. PRECEDING FIGURES MADE UP AS FOLLOWS,
[Table reads: FROM END MARCH 1966, 180 ENQUIRIES, 160 APPLICATIONS; FROM END MARCH 1967, 400 ENQUIRIES, 180 APPLICATIONS; FROM END MARCH 1968, 420 ENQUIRIES, 260 APPLICATIONS.]
3. WE RECEIVE VERY FEW ENQUIRIES FROM ASIANS AT THIS POST. MOST INELIGIBLE ENQUIRIES STEM FROM AFRICANS. ESPECIALLY NORTH AFRICANS.
