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the Chinese are concerned
We should
about the possibility that the Portuguese will offer to return
Macao with the consequential implications for Hong Kong. treat this warning seriously and I find the Governor's assessment
over complacent.
2. The handling of this item with the Portuguese Foreign
Minister must obviously depend on how he reacts to questions about
diplomatic relations with China, but I think that the point in paragraph 3 of the Talking Points ought almost certainly to be put
to Dr Sa Machado at some stage in the conversation.
29 June 1978
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Hea Costay.
HAH Cortazzi
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