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What did the thishon Vel say?
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 69 OF 16 JANUARY
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, LISBON.
YOUR TELNO.521
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FUR MURRAY
MR FERGUSON
Ha/FED. Ad/ Hat CID HalSED
SINO-PORTUGUESE RELATIONS.
1. IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, REUTERS, BBC AND AFP ALL FILED SIMILAR STORIES YESTERDAY. THE REPORT OF IMMINENT ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS CAME APPARENTLY FROM DIPLOMATIC SOURCES, AS GOVERNOR LEANDRO OF MACAO IS DUE HERE SHORTLY AND THE STORY IS IN LINE WITH LISBONES TELNO.609 TO YOU (ONLY SEEN TODAY), IT SEEMS WELL FOUNDED,
2 THE RUMOUR OF A CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF MACAO APPEARS
TO HAVE BEEN BASED ON SPECULATION BY WESTERN DIPLOMATS AND
CORRESPONDENTS BASED ON UNIDENTIFIED AND NOT NECESSARILY RELIABLE
CHINESE SOURCES. CORRESPONDENTS HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN WARNED TO EXPECT A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY OR TOMORROW, ASSUMING THAT THIS RELATES TO RELATIONS WITH PORTUGAL, WE CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WILL INCLUDE SOME REFERENCE TO THE STATUS OF MACAO,
3. AT LEAST A CHINESE RE-STATEMENT OF THEIR POSITION ON
SOVEREIGNTY IS POSSIBLE, AND WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH DENG XIAOPING'S REMARKS TO US SENATORS REPORTED IN THE GUARDIAN OF
10 JANUARY (BUT NOT IN NEWS FROM FOREIGN AGENCIES, WHICH COVERED THE REST OF DENG'S INTERVIEW) DENG IS REPORTED AS HAVING
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