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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