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CHINA, PORTUGAL AND MACAO
1.
THE PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR TOLD ME ON 4 MARCH THAT THE
MINISTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH (CU YUEL) WOULD LEAD THE CHINESE
DELEGATION AT THE NAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT SOARES ON 9 MARCH.
THE DELEGATION WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ZHOU NAN.
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THE AMBASSADOR ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE CHINESE WERE NOW PRESSING THE PORTUGUESE FOR A DATE WHEN THE LATTER WOULD BE READY TO START TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MACAO. MOREOVER, ZHOU NAN HAD TOLD HIM THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ''WOULD
INSIST ON THE TALKS BEING HELD IN PEKING. THE AMBASSADOR
TOOK IT FOR GRANTED THAT ZHOU WOULD BE THE LEADER OF THE CHINESE TEAM. HE VERY MUCH DOUBTED WHETHER HE WOULD LEAD THE PORTUGUESE TEAM. IT WAS MUCH MORE LIKELY THAT AN OFFICIAL
WOULD BE SENT OUT FROM LISBON.
3. THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN OF THE MFA TOLD THE PRESS TODAY (5 MARCH) THAT ZHOU NAN WOULD BE A MEMBER OF THE MINISTER
OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S TEAM. HE AVOIDED COMMENT WHEN ASKED WHETHER
THE FUTURE OF MACAO WOULD BE DISCUSSED DURING THE WISHT OF THE
CHINESE DELEGATION TO LISBON.
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SIR. W. HARDING
MR. WILSON
MR. RAT FORD
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