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DATED: 9 DECEMBER 1986
TO: ANTHONY LAYDEN ESQ, HKD, FCO COPIED TO: R PEIRCE ESQ, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG
CHANCERY, LISBON.
MACAO: JOINT WORKING GROUP
1. JOAO MARQUES TEIXEIRA PORTUGUESE FIRST SECRETARY, TOLD ME A LITTLE TODAY ABOUT THIS WEEK'S MEETING OF THE NEWLY FORMED JOINT
WORKING GROUP ON MACAO. THE GROUP, WHICH WILL BE LED ON THE CHINESE
SIDE BY HKMO DEPUTY DIRECTOR ZHAO JIHUA, AND ON THE PORTUGUESE SIDE BY MFA SPECIAL ADVISER JOAO RAMOS, WILL BE MEETING THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK ON WHAT MR TEIXEIRA DESCRIBED AS 'SUBSTANTIAL MATTERS''. !
UNDERSTAND THIS TO MEAN PRINCIPALLY THE QUESTIONS OF NATIONALITY AND
TIMING OF TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION. BUT IT SEEMS THAT OTHER
MATTERS WHICH WILL BE AT LEAST TOUCHED ON, INCLUDING THE OUTLINE OF
A JOINT DECLARATION, THE TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT OF A BASIC LAW FOR
MACAO, AND POST-TRANSFER STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT. THE NCNA RELEASE
ISSUED TODAY SUGGESTED THAT THE GROUP WOULD BE DEALING WITH TEXTS.
2. TEIXEIRA INDICATED THAT THERE MAY WELL BE ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS
AT WORKING GROUP LEVEL BEFORE RESUMPTION OF MORE FORMAL TALKS
BETWEEN DELEGATION LEADERS. TIMING OF THE NEXT PLENARY ROUND WOULD
DEPEND VERY MUCH ON THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY THE WORKING GROUP.
SIGNED: P.A.B. THOMSON.
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