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that the terms were the best likely to be
obtained and that, if Macao was not to be lost,
they should be accepted, asked for a plenipotentiary
to sent out with full powers to conclude
a settlement. This, it would seem, the Portugue se
Government decided to do.
they decided to send three
officials to conduct the negotiations.
There
was, not unexpectedly, a strong reaction from
the Chinese and a demand that the Macao
authorities should settle the matter forthwith.
Our latest information
is that a Portuguese delegation
Mesterday
was crossing to China this afternoon to present
a revised draft of the Portuguese "apology" in
terms approved by Lisbon.
We do not yet know
the outcome of this meeting although A preliminary
report from an American source is that it
resulted in deadlock.
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11. Our view is (and this is also held by the
Governor of Hong Kong) that the present
situation arises rather from a hardening in the
attitude of the Portuguese Government than, as alleged in the Portuguese approach to us, of
the Chinese.
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1. An identical Submission is being
is being macht
made in
The Foreign Office and this submission is also
being put to the Secretary of
Defence.
State for
The Governor has, however, freported that the Chinese
continuing to study
are
The Portinguere propotal and the Porting, meng Comove General has wond
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Phout the cultitude of The Chinese authorities at the meeting was
hot so
stiff.
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