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CONFIDENTIAL

CDS Drace-Francis Esq Assistant Political Adviser Government Secretariat HONG KONG

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13 APR 1977

HKK182/412/1

12 April 1977

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MACAO AIRPORT

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Thank you for your letter SCR 13/4841/51/V of 8 March.

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We have opted for the second course of action suggested in the final paragraph of your letter. I enclose a copy of the Note we are sending to the Portuguese Embassy.

3.

You will by now have seen a copy of Nick Fenn's letter of 28 March to me. We hope that the onus we are seeking to place on the Portuguese/Macao authorities to find out the Chinese attitude to the Macao airport project - See the second sentence of the Note to the Portuguese Embassy will lead to the project foundering in the Pearl River estuary.

sc: (with enclosure)

Mr Fell, SED

Mr Orr, FED

Mr Boon, MGD

Mr Gardner, DOT

Mr Lello, DOT

Mr Davies, BTC, Hong Kong

Chancery, Lisbon

Mr Fenn, Peking

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