Macao
the operative instrument governing Macao's status is the Sino- Portuguese Treaty of 1888 which confirmed "The perpetual occupation and government of Macao and its dependencies by Protugal". Macae was never formally ceded to Portugal". was never formally ceded to Portugal as Hong Kong was to Great Britain, and I gather there may, accordingly be some substance in the Chinese claim that Macao remains under Chinese sovereignty. This being so it seems clear that it would be against our interests to allow our unassailable title to Hong Kong to become linked or associated with the more vulnerable Portuguese title to Macao. But I should like to have any views you may care to put forward.
Sod. (N.L. Mayle)
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