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FM LISBON 291539Z JUN 82
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 123 OF 29 JUNE 1982
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG AND PEKING
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STATUS OF MACAU: FCO TELNO 485 TO HONG KONG.
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PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DID TELL THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT HUANG HUA HAD NOT MENTIONED THE STATUS OF MACAU DURING THEIR TALKS. THE PORTUGUESE DID NOT EXPECT THE CHINESE TO RAISE THE ISSUE UNTIL THE HONG KONG LEASE RAN OUT.
2. HUANG HUA HOWEVER TOLD PORTUGUESE JOURNALISTS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 24 JUNE THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THE STATUS OF MACAU WITH PRESIDENT EANES. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT CHINA WOULD MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO IN MACAU, ALTHOUGH IN THE FUTURE IT COULD STUDY, TOGETHER WITH THE POPULATION OF MACAU AND THE PORTU- GUESE AUTHORITIES, OTHER SOLUTIONS FOR THE TERRITORY,
WHICH WOULD NOT AFFECT THE STANDARD OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION
NOR THE INTERESTS OF FOREIGN INVESTORS'’.
3. A FULL REPORT OF HUANG HUA'S VISIT FOLLOWS BY BAG.
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