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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 1798
OF 100336Z OCTOBER 89
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, LISBON
INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON
R+P.A. (MACAO)
77
NC infre 037273
MDLIAN 7064
VISIT BY GOVERNOR OF MACAO TO CHINA.
SUMMARY.
1. GOVERNOR SEEKS CHINESE SUPPORT FOR MACAO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. CHINESE CONGRATULATE HIM ON PORTUGAL'S ''PRUDENT'' ATTITUDE: AND REPEAT WARNINGS ABOUT SUBVERSION IN HONG KONG. UP-BEAT PUBLIC COVERAGE.
DETAIL.
2.
WE HAVE HAD A PRELIMINARY BRIEFING ON MELANCIA'S VISIT FROM THE PORTUGUESE COUNSELLOR, WHO HOWEVER WAS NOT PRESENT AT SOME OF THE EVENTS. THE NEW PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR (VILLAS BOAS), WHO ARRIVED ON 2 OCTOBER AND WAS RECEIVED BY LI PENG ON THE 5TH., MAY HAVE MORE TO ADD AT AN EC AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON 11 OCTOBER.
3.
MELANCIA ARRIVED ON 4 OCTOBER AND HAD TALKS ON 5 OCTOBER WITH VICE-MINISTER ZHOU NAN, THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LI PENG AND JI PENGFEI. HE VISITED XIAN FROM 6-8 OCTOBER BEFORE RETURNING TO
MACAO.
4. THE MEETING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER WAS DEVOTED TO TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, INCLUDING OVERFLIGHTS, CONNECTED WITH MACAO AIRPORT PLANS. JI PENGFEI CONFINED HIMSELF TO GENERALITIES.
5. ZHOU NAN TOLD THE GOVERNOR THAT WESTERN REACTIONS TO 4 JUNE HAD VARIED. SEVERAL COUNTRIES WHO HAD REACTED NEGATIVELY ON FALSE INFORMATION HAD NOW TOLD THE CHINESE THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR FIRST RESPONSES WERE EXAGGERATED. A VERY FEW, HOWEVER, STILL REFUSED TO RENEW DIALOGUE. PORTUGAL HAD TAKEN AN ''OBJECTIVE AND PRUDENT'! POSITION. RELATIONS WERE GOOD AS A RESULT AND BILATERAL EXCHANGES SHOULD BE DEVELOPED MORE WIDELY, INCLUDING THE POLITICAL FIELD. CHINA'S POLICIES, INCLUDING ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'', WOULD NOT CHANGE. CHINA WOULD PRESERVE THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM IN HONG KONG
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