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CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING 200830Z FEB 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
000/170.51
22 FEB 1979
IMOLY
ль
J Ma
TELEGRAM NUMBER 236 OF 20 FEBRUARY
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE LISBON.
1.
LISBON TELNO.66:
SINO-PORTUGUESE RELATIONS.
THE FRENCH AMBASSY HAVE TOLD US THAT ASSISTANT FOREIGN
MINISTER SONG ZHIGUANG TOLD THEIR AMBASSADOR THE OTHER DAY
THAT THE PROBLEM OF MACAO HAD NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN IN THE RECENT
NEGOTIATIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNIQUE. SONG APPARENTLY SAID THAT IT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SECRET DOCUMENT ADDITIONAL TO THE COMMUNIQUE UNDER WHICH
PORTUGAL AGREED THAT MACAO WAS CHINESE TERRITORY AND WOULD
RETURN TO CHINA AT A FUTURE DATE,
2.
WE SHALL SEE IF WE CAN GET CORROBORATION OF THIS STORY.
CRADOCK
FILES
'FED
SE
NRG D
Puss
010
IPD
NEWS D
PS
PS/MR JUDO
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIRA
PARSONS SIRR HIBBERT
MR CORMAZZI
MR MORAAY
MR FERGUSSON
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