CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO TELELETTER LISBON
TELELETTER NFR
OF 110515Z SEPTEMBER 92
CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 020/3
AND TO TELELETTER FCO, PEKING, HONG KONG
FROM: A C GALSWORTHY, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO:
CC:
T T MACAN, LISBON EMBASSY
PF RICKETTS, HKD, FCO
D COATES, PEKING
W G EHRMAN, HONG KONG
NEW PORTUGUESE JLG REPRESENTATIVE
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MANY THANKS FOR YOUR TELELETTER REFERENCE 400/1 OF 9 SEPTEMBER ABOUT PEDRO CATARINO'S SUCCESSOR. RAMOS' YOUNGER BROTHER USED TO
BE IN MACAU AND WAS WELL KNOWN TO MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF.
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PEDRO CATARINO CALLED TODAY TO SAY FAREWELL. I THINK HE IS
FEELING RATHER RELIEVED TO GET OUT OF THESE ENDLESS AND OFTEN
FRUITLESS NEGOTIATIONS EXCLAM.
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HE TOLD ME THAT RAMOS DOES NOT FOR THE MOMENT INTEND TO BE
RESIDENT IN MACAU. THERE ARE SOME SENSITIVITIES ON THE PART OF THE
GOVERNOR ABOUT HAVING THE HEAD OF THE JLG RESIDENT. NEVERTHELESS THE CHINESE ARE VERY DISPLEASED THAT HE IS NOT INTENDING TO BE
PERMANENTLY IN MACAU AND ARE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THIS
FRONT. CATARINO BELIEVES THAT RAMOS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE
PERMANENTLY TO MACAU.
4. CATARINO SAID THAT TWO OF THE MAJOR ISSUES ON WHICH THEY WERE
HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE CHINESE CURRENTLY WERE THE QUESTION OF
FRANCHISES SPANNING 1997 AND THE APPLICATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS IN MACAU. ON THE LATTER THE CHINESE SEEM TO HAVE
ACCEPTED THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE THAT THE CONVENTIONS SHOULD BE
APPLIED BUT WERE TRYING TO INSIST ON RESTRICTIVE PROVISIONS WHICH
WOULD IN PRACTICE LIMIT THEIR APPLICATION. THE PORTUGUESE WERE NOT
PREPARED TO ACCEPT THIS. THE PORTUGUESE WERE STILL PRESSING THE
CHINESE TO PUT A FULL COMMITMENT TO THE APPLICATION OF THE
CONVENTIONS IN THE BASIC LAW.
5. I BRIEFED HIM ON OUR OWN POSITION ON FRANCHISES AND ON THE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WE ARE HAVING WITH THE CHINESE. MY IMPRESSION
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