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FM LISBON 081740Z FEB 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

56 OF 8 FEBRUARY

Closval Portugal

ELEGRAM NUMBER

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

PRIORITY PEKING

ROUTINE WASHINGTON

UKMIS NEW YORK

UKDEL NATO

HY 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.

MUNIQUE

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-

ITY 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-

PENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS THE SOLE LEGAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA, AND TAIWAN AS A CONSTITUENT PART OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC DECLARES THAT

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN HAVE BEEN SEVERED SINCE JANUARY 1975.

/ THE CHINESE