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Our reference: DS 11/6/7/2

Your reference:

CONFIDENTIAL

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Main Building, Whitehall, LONDON S.W.I

Telephone: WHItehall 7022, ext.

Dear Carter

MACAO

2971

30th January, 1967

Thee love

1/2

46.

This is to confirm (belatedly) what

I have already told you, that the Secretary of State for Defence has agreed your submission subject to the following points:-

ARCHIVES M.

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(a) special emphasis that any such arrangements as applied to the Portuguese Army should be of a transit nature only;

RECEIVE (b) that it is wrong to leave (see

para. 5 of the draft) a possibility that British troops might have to disarm Portuguese forces. Any Portuguese should leave their arms in the ship that brings them and we should avoid any question of our forces having to disarm Portuguese forces.

HWD 2/

yous

sincerely

Xon transit of

Portuguese koops

W.S. Carter, Esq.,

Сынеш

(C.H. HENN)

Hong Kong and West Indies Dept., Commonwealth Office.

CONFIDENTAT