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TELEGRAM NUMBER 64 OF 27 FEBRUARY 1984
INFO PEKING, GOVERNOR HONG KONG
HONG KONG, MACAU
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1. COL MELO ANTUNES, MEMBER OF THE PORTUGUESE COUNCIL OF STATE AND AN ADVISER TO PRESIDENT EANES, TOLD ME LAST WEEK THAT HE HAD
VISITED PEKING IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND HELD SOME DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE CHINESE. HIS INTERLOCUTORS HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY
WERE AT PRESENT CHIEFLY CONCERNED WITH HONG KONG AND DID NOT
INTEND TO RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT MACAU. HIS HOSTS HAD ASSURED
HIM THAT THEY DID NOT WISH TO ALTER ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS .
OR TO DISTURB CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG BUT DID NEED TO SEE A
CHINESE FLAG FLYING''
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2. MELO ANTUNES SAID HE COULD NOT RECALL NAME OF THE MEMBER OF
THE CHINESE COUNCIL OF STATE WHO HAD SPOKEN IN THESE TERMS.
SUBSEQUENTLY HE HAS TELEPHONED TO SAY THAT THIS WAS J PENGEN.
3. PRESIDENT EANES IS EXPECTED TO VISIT CHINA IN MAY.
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THE TELEGRAM VAS NOT
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIKI TEND
ED/HKD
ED/FIED
ED/PLANNING STAFF
ED/PUSD
D/ED/PUSD (MR FLOWER)
RES.B. (MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR IAN SINCLAIR
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/M LUCE
PS/PUS
SER J BULLARD
SIR W HARDING
MR DONALD
R WRIGHT
SIR C TICKELL
COPIES TO:
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS NEWS D
HR BURROWS
LEGAL ADVS
MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST
MR MARTIN ASSESSMENT STAFF CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALL CABINET OFFICE
MR BRENNAN CABINET OFFICE PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE D PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
SIR P CRADOCK RM K195
SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING STREET
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