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GOVERNOR HONG KONG'S TELNO 1517: HONG KONG-MACAU
1. DURING HIS TALKS WITH YOU IN LONDON ON 22 SEPTEMBER, PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER SAND THAT CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER HAD ASKED TO MEET HIM IN NEW YORK.
2. GAMA OFFERED TO LET US KNOW WHAT PASSED. YESTERDAY HE TOLD ME THAT HIN THE END THE CHINESE REQUEST HAD NOT BEEN PURSUED, ADDING THAT THIS HAD BEEN RATHER A RELIEF.
3. DURING LONDON VISIT GAMA INDICATED HE HOPED IT MIGHT BE
POSSIBLE TO BE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN NEGOTIATIONS OVER HONG KONG. THE LINK WITH MACAU IS VERY MUCH IN PORTUGUESE MINDS AT PRESENT AND MOTA PINTA, PORTUGUESE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND DEFENCE MINISTER, IS VISITING MACAU 15-19 OCTOBER AND HAS APPOINTMENT TO SEE HADDON-CAVE IN HONG KONG ON 20 OCTOBER.
4. THE PORTUGUESE MAY BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SOME SIDE LIGHTS ON CHINESE ATTITUDES AND IT MAY THEREFORE BE WORTH BEING AS FORTHCOMING AS WE CAN BUT BEARING IN MIND THE LEAKY NATURE OF THE PORTUGUESE SYSTEM.
5. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF COULD BE TOLD OF ANY INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE GIVEN BY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TO THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU.
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