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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 305 OF 27 MARCH.
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FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT
YOUR TELNO 340: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: MACAO
1. POSITION ON MACAO REMAINS AS IN YOUDE'S LETTER TO YOU OF 1 DECEMBER 1980 AND IN DUN'S LETTER TO BROUCHER OF 27 NOVEMBER 1900, COPIED TO APA. UKREP BRUSSELS ARE CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS NO QUESTION OF MACAO'S INCLUSION IN THE EC AFTER PORTUGUESE ACCESSION. THIS IS ALSO THE VIEW OF THE EC COMMISSION WHO BELIEVE THAT MACAO SHOULD HAVE THE SAME STATUS AS HONG KONG.
2. I SUGGEST THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE TAKE THE LINE WITH UMELCO THAT THERE IS NO SIGN THAT THE PORTUGUESE WILL ASK FOR SPECIAL STATUS FOR MACAO VIS-A-VIS THE EC. WE THINK IT UNLIKELY. IF THEY DO WE WILL WORK TO ENSURE THAT MACAO IS TREATED EXACTLY AS HONG KONG. WE FULLY TAKE THE POINT THAT ANY ADVANTAGE FOR MACAO WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE.
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