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UNCLASSIFIED

SON 38174SZ FEB 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

56 OF 3 FEBRUARY

TELEGRAM NUMBER

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

PRIORITY PEKING

ROUTINE WASHINGTON

UKMIS NEW YORK

CXCEL NATO

FEA 020

-9 FEB 1979

TUP GOPT

MY TEL 33:

SINO PORTUGUESE RELATIONS.

1. THE PRIME MINISTER CALLED A PRESS CONFERENCE AT NOON TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PORTUGAL AND CHINA HAD AGREED TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

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2. UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF A JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED TODAY IS AS FOLLOWS:-

BEGINS

"'. THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE

REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL HAVE DECIDED TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

AT AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL AS FROM 8 FEBRUARY 1979 AND TO EXCHANGE

AMBASSADORS WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS.

THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WILL MAINTAIN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN CONFORM-

STY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF MUTUAL RESPECT FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, OF NON-INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS, OF EQUALITY, AND OF RECIPROCAL BENEFITS.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC RECOGNISES THE GOVERN- VENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS THE SCLE LEGAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA, AND TAIWAN AS A CONSTITUENT PART OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC F CHINA. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC DECLARES THAT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN HAVE BEEN SEVERED SINCE JANUARY 13TS.

THE CHINESE

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