TNAG-1145-FCO40-1425-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macau-1982 — Page 105

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GR 140

SECRET

FM PEKING #20640Z APR 82

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELNO 194 OF 2 APRIL

SECRET

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, LISBON.

FOR FED

wp

YOUR TELNO 212 TO HONG KONG: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: STATUS OF MACAO

1. I RECOMMEND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD BE ASKED TO RAISE

THIS MATTER. SEEN FROM HERE, THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR HOPE THAT THE

PORTUGUESE MAY BE MORE FORTHCOMING THAN THEY WERE IN 1979. THEY HAVE

NOW HAD THREE YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA, GOVERNMENT CHANGES IN PORTUGAL AND THE CHINESE HAVE, AS YOU NOTE IN TUR,

LEAKED SOME CLUES ABOUT THE AGREEMENT. PEREIRA'S REMARKS TO THE LPS

OFFER A GOOD LEAD IN.

2. THE PORTUGUESE MUST BE AWARE OF THE GROWING CONCERN IN HONG KONG

ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE NEED FOR SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON THE

QUESTION WITHIN A VERY FEW YEARS. GIVEN THE DEPENDENCE OF MACAO ON

HONG KONG, ONE WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD FEEL ABLE TO BE HELPFUL.

CRADOCK

LIMITED

THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

FED

HK&GD

SED

MR DONALD

SECRET

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