GRS 150
RESTRICTED
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
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HI
W020/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
02 FEB 1987
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MACAU: VISIT BY PORTUGUESE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
1. THE PORTUGUESE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (SOARES), WHOM WE UNDERSTAND TO BE A PERMANENT OFFICIAL, APPOINTMENT AS A VICE-MINISTER, ARRIVED IN PEKING ON 20 JANUARY FOR TWO DAYS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA VICE-MINISTER ZHOU NAN, LARGELY ABOUT MACAU. TODAY A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DISCUSSIONS WERE TAKING PLACE IN A FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL ATMOSPHERE AND THAT QUOTE NEW - PROGESS UNQUOTE HAD BEEN MADE.
2.
WE ASSUME THAT THE FOCUS OF THE TALKS WILL BE ON THE DATE OF RENDITION OF MACAU. THIS HAD BECOME A STICKING POINT BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, AND HAD HELD UP PROGRESS ON MORE DETAILED MATTERS. THE PORTUGUESE EMBASSY TOLD US THAT THE DATE FOR THE WORKING GROUP'S RESUMPTION WOULD DEPEND IN PART AT LEAST ON THE OUTCOME OF THE
CURRENT VISIT.
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