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ANGLO-PORTUGUESE TALKS ON EC QUESTIONS

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Dr A Marta (Vice President of the

Commission for European

Integration)

Dr Simoes de Almeida

(Chef de Cabinet

to Secretary of State

Mr Hannay

HE Mr H Byatt

Mr Shakespeare

Miss Evans

Mr Powell

Jee (22)

for European Integration)

Dr A Cascais (MFA)

1.

Dr Marta suggested that the talks should cover

first subjects outstanding in those chapters of the

accession negotiations which had been largely completed

and second the chapters not yet started.

F.

Outstanding points in chapters largely

completed:

2.

Dr Marta said that in the ECOFIN chapter, it

was a point of principle for Portugal that they should

be given a date for inclusion of the escudo in the

calculation of the ECU. Under external relations the

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