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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1811
OF 110825Z OCTOBER 89
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, LISBON INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON
(77
MY TELNO 1798. VISIT BY GOVERNOR OF MACAO TO CHINA.
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1. VILLAS BOAS, THE PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR, ADDED SOME FURTHER DETAIL AT TODAY'S EC AMBASSADOR'S MEETING.
2.
LI PENG APPARENTLY MADE THE POINT THAT MACAO ACTED AS A LINK BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND CHINA AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD RELATIONS (THE UNSPOKEN IMPLICATION FOR US IS THAT BRITAIN
IS NOT MAKING THE SAME USE OF HONG KONG).
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IN REPLYING TO LI PENG'S REPEATED ASSURANCES ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' POLICY TOWARDS MACAO, MELANCIA DREW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF DOUBLE STANDARDS. HE TOLD THE PREMIER THAT THESE SUCCESSIVE STATEMENTS REAFFIRMING
CHINA'S CONSISTENT POLICY TOWARDS MACAO DID NOT CONCEAL THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WORDS AND DEEDS OF THE CHINESE IN MACAO
AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN PEKING.
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4.
DURING THE PROVINCIAL TOUR, ZHOU NAN HAD INCLUDED COMMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT THE ''HOSTILE FORCES' LOCATED IN HONG KONG MIGHT
WANT TO TRY TO EXTEND THEIR ACTIVITIES INTO MACAO. HE WARNED
MELANCIA TO BE ON HIS GUARD AGAINST THESE FORCES. THE PORTUGUESE
GOVERNOR ASKED ZHOU NAN FOR CLARIFICATION AND ELABORATION OF THIS
STATEMENT BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY.
5.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, ZHOU NAN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF TAIWAN, AGAIN ON THE PROVINCIAL TOUR. HE DREW ATTENTION TO THE INVESTMENTS
IN MACAO BY TAIWANESE INTERESTS (IN FACT I RATHER FANCY THAT
MELANCIA HAD FIRST MENTIONED THESE TAIWANESE ACTIVITIES). ZHOU NAN
MADE THE POINT GENERALLY THAT PEOPLE MUST BE CAREFUL TO ENSURE
THAT MORE ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH TAIWAN DID NOT LEAD TO UNDERGROUND OFFICIAL OR POLITICAL LINKS WITH TAIWAN. HE DREW
ATTENTION TO CHINA'S BREAKING OFF OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GRENADA.