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1 learn from the Portuguese Chargé d'AffxÍPostbhat the harbour
werke have been stopped.
The understanding regarding the saint mano e
the
Akstur quo referred to by Kho-Ch'an Lu ss having been arrived
at after the alone of the 1959 negotiations ie contained in
the not st of November 30th and Des un ar 8th 1979, «xo hang ed
between the Wai Chino Pu and the Portuguese Chargé d'Affaires,
sopies of which were forwarded in ay desputab lo, doi of Durat1=
bør 15th,19 09.
The Chinese noth states that "in futura in
everything regarding "mano the stat que must be observed"
and proceeds to devises that the responsibility for any m-
oránchment upon Chinese langs or rights must rent with the
Portuguese Authoriti mm. The Portuguese note proɔnsas arbitra-
tion, wad adds "the status quo to bʊ strictly observas by bath
parties socording to the Treaty of 1867 until the final decision!
This alleged understanding therefore van a xwe PošťIATA.kint
the attitude ajopted by mot. party to the Treaty of 1887,
the
Chinese text of which providen for the maintenance of the Bhang
gup in all respecta (including harbour improvement works)
the ruling English and the Portuguese texte provide for the
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tenance of the status qug in respost af the boundaries only,
The Treaty of 1887 which first recognized the noveri