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VISIT TO THE TERRITORY, BUT THE DEMAND FOR A 'CEASEFIRE' MAY PROVE A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR THE INDONESIANS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
NECESSARILY BE SORRY IF THE PARLIAMENTARY VISIT DOES NOT TAKE PLACE AND INDONESIA CAN BE PLAUSIBLY PORTRAYED AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. BUT THEY SEEM TO HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE INITIATIVE IN MIND.
IT MAY BE THAT, GIVEN THE DOMESTIC SENSITIVITY AND PRACTICAL INTRACTABILITY OF THE PROBLEM, ANY PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER ITS INTERESTS BEST SERVED BY OPTING FOR RHETORIC RATHER
THAN REAL NEGOTIATION.
MACAU
9. QIAN QICHEN'S VISIT TO PORTUGAL IN FEBRUARY SEEMED TO UNBLOCK CHINESE OBSTRUCTION OF MACAU'S AIRPORT PROJECT. GENERAL ROCHA VIEIRA HAS HAD A GOOD PRESS HERE AFTER TAKING UP HIS JOB AS GOVERNOR OF MACAU, AND HIS CAUTIOUS AND RIGOROUS APPROACH IS SEEN AS A WELCOME CONTRAST WITH THE PUBLIC FLAIR BUT DUBIOUS PROPRIETY OF HIS PREDECESSOR
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