!
14. Aware that UK's
Kong
has made it
Americans,
to tak e
500 more refugees to
friends and allies.
some more later.
low level of resettlement
difficult for others,
more.
from Hong
including
Have now decided to accept
the UK, and to ask for more help from
to tak e
I f response good prepared Embassy will already have approached
Americans: hope US will look at this very carefully.
•
Future of Macau
15.
Portuguese
clearly not
in a position to begin
Important from our point
negotiations with Chinese yet.
of view that both sides retain their cool. Do not want
early Portuguese pull-out and do not want Chinese to
impose terms qualitatively different from those in
Hong Kong agreement.
Hong Kong Department
30 September 1985