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FM PEKING 230809Z FEB 79
TEH.02041
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 236 OF 20 FEBRUARY
2 1 FCS 1979
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE LISBON
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LISBON TELNO.66: SINO-PORTUGUESE RELATIONS.
THE FRENCH AMBASSY HAVE TOLD US THAT ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER SONG ZHIGUANG TOLD THEIR AMBASSADOR THE OTHER DAY THAT THE PROBLEM OF MACAO HAD NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN IN THE RECENT NEGOTIATIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNIQUE. SONG APPARENTLY SAID THAT IT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SECRET DOCUMENT ADDITIONAL TO THE COMMUNIQUE UNDER WHICH PORTUGAL AGREED THAT MACAO WAS CHINESE TERRITORY AND WOULD RETURN TO CHINA AT A FUTURE DATE.
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WE SHALL SEE IF WE CAN GET CORROBORATION OF THIS STORY.
CRADOCK
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