UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
FM FCO
TELELETTER LISBON
TO
TELELETTER NFR
OF 30131OZ DECEMBER 92
020/3
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
AND TO TELELETTER UKREP JLG HONG KONG 4
1993
DESK OFFICER
FROM C O HUM, AUSS, N. ASIA
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ΤΟ HM AMBASSADOR,
LISBON
TO A C GALSWORTHY CMG, UKREP JLG, HONG KONG
42
017040
MDTTAN 3598
MB
Mr Bootkin or
ем
Mail12
MACAU
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 23 DECEMBER ON YOUR
CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR GUIMARAES.
1.
2"
I AGREE THAT IT IS USEFUL FOR US TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH
THE PORTUGUESE OVER OUR RESPECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHINESE,
EVEN THOUGH I SUSPECT THAT THESE ARE FOLLOWING DIVERGENT PATHS
AND THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A DIRECT READ-ACROSS. WE ARE PLEASED TO
NOTE THAT YOU HAVE REINSTATED ARRANGEMENTS FOR REGULAR CONTACTS
WITH THE PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTRY.
3.
SINCE I TOOK UP THIS JOB I HAVE HAD NO CONCACT WITH THE
PORTUGUESE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH MARIO GODHINO DE MATOS, THE HEAD OF THE ASIAN DEPARTMENT IN THE
PORTUGUESE MFA, AT A WILTON PARK CONFERENCE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE GUIMARAES IF HE WANTED TO COME TO LONDON FOR A TALK. WHERE
TIMING IS CONCERNED, I PLAN TO TRAVEL TOWARDS THE END OF JANUARY AND I MAY ALSO HAVE TO BE AWAY IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 11 JANUARY. BUT HE WOULD BE WELCOME BETWEEN 15 AND 25 JANUARY, AND I SUGGEST YOU ASK HIM TO PROPOSE A DATE. WE COULD HAVE A TALK IN THE FCO IN THE LATE MORNING, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH.
SIGNED C O HUM
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