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CONFIDENTIAL

GR 525

IMMEDIATE

WHER CAT A

FM HONG KONG 168941Z

CONFIDENTIAL

TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 862 OF 10 JULY 1978

INFO IMMEDIATE LISBON, PRIORITY PEKING.

HKK 040/1

RECEFUL

1 JUL 1978

DEK OFFICER

INDEX

No

#A

FROM POLITICAL ADVISER.

63

MY TELNO 860: HONG KONG AND MACAU,

Sed 55

HY

Txen

ROGER LOBO, A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HAS

PASSED MS IN CONFIDENCE (PLEASE PROTECT) INFORMATION FROM HIS BROTHER IN MACAU ABOUT LONG AND URGENT MEETINGS HELD THERE LAST

NIGHT TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN SINO-PORTUGUESE NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS. HIS BROTHER, PH LOBO, IS A LEADING MEMBER OF THE CONSERV GROUP ADIM AND A RESERVE MEMBER OF THE MACAU CONSULATATIVE COUNCL (EQUIVALENT OF OUR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL),

2. ACCORDING TO THE MACAU LOBO, THE PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER,

DR SA MACHADO, TELEPHONED TO DR CARLOS ASSUMCAO (HEAD OF ADIM AND PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) TO SAY THAT THE CHINESE HAD RAISED THREE CONDITIONS FOR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS: (1) A STATEMENT IN THE USUAL TERMS ABOUT TAIWAN BEING PART OF CHINA: (11) A DECLARATION OF MUTUAL NON-INTERFERENCE IN INTERNA.

AFFAIRS; AND (111) A STATEMENT SAYING THAT MACAU WAS CHINESE TERRITORY GOVERNED BY PORTUGAL (WITHOUT ANY TIME LIMIT INCLUDED).

3. DR SA MACHADO HAD ASKED WHAT THE REACTION IN MACAU WOULD BE TO THE THIRD POINT. THE MATTER HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL AND LATER AT A MORE RESTRICTED MEETING OF ADIM LEADERS, NEWS OF THE CHINESE CONDITION HAD COME AS A SURPRISE AND A SHOCK TO THOSE IN MACAU, THEY HAD HOPED THAT NOTHING WOULD BE SAID ABOUT MACAU IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND WERE NOT YET SURE HOW TO DEFLECT THE CHINESE DEMAND. DR CARLOS ASSUNCAO WOULD LEAVE TOMORROW TO GIVE INFORMAL ADVICE TO THE PORTUGUESE DELEGATION IN PARIS WHERE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE WERE EXPECTED TO GO ON.

FOR ABOUT A WEEK,

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