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Your telegram No. 66.
Ministers have agreed that we should reply to
the Portuguese along the following lines.
2. The Hong Kong authorities will provide the
facilities requested to evacuate Portuguese
civilian nationals from Macao to HongKong to the
extent they are able, having in mind the following
considerations.
3.
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will be provided and we will work on the assumption 1 half all the evacuees
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(a) No undertaking can be given to receive
persons of Chinese origin, other than those who
Ambassador
are Portuguese nationals. (If the Portuguese-
asks for facilities for Chinese who are not,
repeat not, Portuguese nationals, we should say
that, bearing in mind the serious political
problems involved, their reception would be
entirely a matter for your discretion.) (b) Only transit facilities to some other
/Portuguese