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LISBON 0815002 JAN 70\
TO PRIORITY FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 309 OF 8 JANUARY
EL 0817
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10:51
REGATRY
OFFICER
Action Taken
SAVING PARIS BONN TOKYO THE HAGUE WASHINGTON ANKURA ATHENS BRUSSELS
COPENHAGEN LUXEMBOURG OSLO OTTAWA PEKING UKDEL NATO AND
MOSCOW.
See
YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 1492 OF 7 DECEMBER TO ANKARA:
DEFENCE SALES TO CHINA.
1. AS THE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER HAS COME FROM NATO AND SEEMED
LIKELY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THAN ANY OTHER SENIOR
PERSON IN THE MINISTRY, I THOUGHT IT BEST TO RAISE THIS PERSONALLY
WITH HIM AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OF DOING SO WHEN I PAID MY FIRST
CALL ON HIM ON 5 JANUARY, I GAVE HIM A PIECE OF PAPER SETTING
CUT OUR IDEAS.
2. THE MINISTER DAID THAT OUR PROPOSALS WOULD BE STUDIED IN THE
MINISTRY BUT HE COULD TELL ME AT ONCE THAT PORTUGAL WOULD RAISE
NO DIFFICULTIES ABOUT THE PROPOSED SALE OF HARRIERS TO CHINA.
INDEED, IT WOULD BE ILLOGICAL FOR HER TO DO SO AS HE COULD TELL
ME IN CONFIDENCE THAT THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMACTIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA WAS IMMINENT.
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