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Extract from Sec. Saw. 44 of 28.10.474 from Hay Kong Grig reg on 54228/11+7)
5. The Hong Kong press on October 19th carried
reports of Chinese requests to the Portuguese
Government to return Macao. The Portuguese Govern-
ment were reported to have refuseduto discuss the
question. In the same reports it was stated that
owing to the more co-operative attitude being shown
lately by the Hong Kong Government, it was expected
that the problem of Hong Kong could be solved in a
"rational" way.
RECEIVED 15 NOV 1947
0.4). REGY,