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GR 170
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TELELETTER
FROM A C GALSWORTHY, PEKING
NFR
5 MARCH 1984
SECRET
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FOLLOWING FOR R D CLIFT, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO
COPIED TO R J MCLAREN, HONG KONG
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- 9 MAR 1984
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: MACAU
1. SEEING FCO TELNO 32 TO LISBON HAS TRIGGERED A RECOLLECTION OF A CONVERSATION WHICH I HAD WITH LU PING AT THE DINNER ON 23 FEBRUARY, WHICH I REGRET HAD SLIPPED MY MIND IN FAVOUR OF OTHER THINGS MORE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PRESENT TALKS. 2. I ASKED LU DURING THE DINNER WHETHER THE CHINESE INTENDED TO SOLVE THE MACAU QUESTION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE HONG KONG QUESTION. HE ANSWERED UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THEY DID. I THEN ASKED HOW THEY WOULD SOLVE IT. HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD SET UP A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, JUST AS THEY INTENDED TO DW FOR HONG KONG. IN AOSWEV TO A QUESTION, HE CONFIRUED THAT THIS SAR WOULD BE
SEPARATE FROM THE HONGKONG SAR. FINALLY I ASKED WHETHER THE CHINESE SIDE HAD YET TOLD THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT OF THEIR INTENTIONS. LU SAID THAT THEY HAD NOT.
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