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TELELETTER
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FROM: R.P. MARGOLIS, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG
FILE REF: SCR 13/4841/59
DATED 2 DECEMBER QOIW
FOLLOWING FOR: R.J. HOARE, ESQ, HKGD, ECO
COPIED TO:
MISS LESLEY DEAN, FAR EASTERN SECTION, RESEARCH DEPT., FCO
N.J. COX, ESQ, FED, FCO
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT PAPER ON MACAU
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PARA 8 OF A RESEARCH DEPT PAPER ON MACAU DATED OCTOBER 1982 REFERS TO AN INTERVIEW GIVEN BY THE PRESENT GOVERNOR OF MACAU TO A PORTUGUESE NEWSPAPER IN WHICH HE ASSERTED THAT THE PRC WOULD BE OPPOSED TO A FULLY DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY IN MACAU. HE DID NOT APPARENTLY SAY THAT THE PRC AUTHORITIES HAD SPECIFICALLY OPPOSED THE PROPOSALS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PUT FORWARD IN 1980 AND REFERRED TO IN THE RESEARCH DEPT PAPER. WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT ON FILE OF A SPEECH MADE IN MARCH 1980 BY KE ZHENGPING, THE UNOFFICIAL CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE IN MACAU AT A PRIVATE DINNER IN HONOUR OF THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR OF MACAU IN WHICH KE STATED HIS OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REFORMS. THERE WERE ALSO ARTICLES IN THE TA KUNG PAO AT THE SAME TIME INDICATING PRC OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSALS. THE ACCOUNT OF THE SPEECH WAS GIVEN TO US IN CONFIDENCE. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT OTHER INDICATIONS OF CHINESE OPPOSITION TO THESE REFORMS THERE MAY BE WHICH COULD
BE REFERRED TO IN PUBLIC.
2. I HAVE COMMENTED ON THE CONTENTS OF THE PAPER IN A SEPARATE
TELELETTER TO MISS DEAN.
3. HKGD REGISTRY PLEASE COPY TO RD AND FED
SIGNED: R.P. MARGOLIS
sest pas 3/12
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