[Letterhead: 'DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS', 'INWARD CABLEGRAM'.]

[Right margin is shaded in red with black text 'CONFIDENTIAL'.]

[Handwritten in top right corner:] 66/7143

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

E0B

26/2/69

FROM

AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION

ACCRA

I.18468

TOD 25.I205 LT

TOR 25.2346 LT

[Heading:] 108 CONFIDENTIAL IMMEDIATE

FOR IMMIGRATION

YOUR AP.18

NON-EUROPEAN MIGRATION

WE RECEIVE ENQUIRIES FROM NON-EUROPEANS AT THE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 – 120 PER YEAR.

FIGURE MARCH 1966 – END OF 1968 IS APPROXIMATELY 275 – 330.

THE MAJORITY (80 PERCENT) OF THESE ARE FORWARDED TO US BY TH CHIEF MIGRATION OFFICER LONDON AND ARE IN THE FORM OF COUPONS CUT FROM BRITISH MAGAZINES.

ALSO ABOUT 5 PERCENT ARE REFERRED BACK TO US FROM AUSTRALIA WHERE A DIRECT ENQUIRY HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

THE REMAINDER ARE LETTERS SENT DIRECTLY TO US AND AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL ENQUIRY.

2. IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF EVENTS WE DO NOT RECEIVE NON-ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS AS WE DO NOT HAND FORMS TO ANYBODY WHO IS NOT PRIMA FACIE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

ALL APPLICATIONS WE DO RECEIVE ARE FORWARDED TO CANBERRA.

3. WE HAVE MANAGED TO DISCOURAGE MOST SUCH ENQUIRERS WITHOUT CAUSING BAD PUBLICITY OR ILL FEELING.

THERE IS GENERALLY A LACK OF INTEREST HERE IN MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.

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IMMIGRATION (C)

D.C.O. [Department of the Cabinet Office

P.M’S [Prime Minister’s]