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FM LISBON
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 146
OF 091331Z MAY 86
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING
FOR GORDON, ECD(E)
NEGOTIATIONS ON MACAU
1. YOUR TELELETTER OF 2 MAY (NOT TO ALL) ASKED WHETHER THE
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PORTUGUESE INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE HAD YET CONSIDERED A NATIONALITY STATUTE FOR RESIDENTS OF MACAU. IT IS EVIDENT FROM OUR CONTACTS THAT THEY HAVE NOT. INDEED, THERE IS NO SIGN THAT THEIR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY AS A WHOLE HAS YET BEEN WORKED OUT.
2. OUR CONTACTS ARE CURRENTLY PREDICTING THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT
THE NEGOTIATIONS COULD START BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. THE PORTUGUESE ARE HOPING THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PERSUADE THE CHINESE TO VISIT LISBON ON ONE OR TWO OCCASIONS AS A FACE-SAVING MEASURE, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THAT PEKING SHOULD BE THE
MAIN VENUE.
BRIGHTY
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HKK02013. RECEIVED IN REGÍSTRY 1.9 MAY 1986
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