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FM LISBON 161712Z JAN 79

-TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 021 OF 16 JANUARY

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

PEKING

PA Hick ocoli HKK OOD!

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1.7 JAN-1979

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FCO TELNO 52 TO PEKİNG

SINO-PORTUGUESE RELATIONS

1. AS I REPORTED IN MY TELEGRAM NO 9, THE FOREIGN MINISTER TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE ON 5 JANUARY THAT THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF

HE CONFIRMED THEN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA WAS IMMINENT. THAT THE PORTUGUESE WERE NOT BEING REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT IN THIS CONTEXT ABOUT THE STATUS OF MACAO

MORAN

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