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TELELETTER

FROM R D CLIFT, HKD FCO

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FILE REFERENCE HKK 020/4 DATED 31 JANUARY 1984

FOLLOWING FOR R J T MCLAREN ESQ CMG, POLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG

COPIED TO A C GALSWORTHY ESQ, PEKING, P A B THOMSON ESQ, FED, FCO

PORTUGUESE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA ON MACAU

1.

PLEASE REFER TO YOUR TELELETTER SCR 13/4841/59 OF 10

JANUARY TO CHRISTOPHER HUM.

2.

WE HAVE GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO YOUR HANDING OVER

TO EXCO AN EDITED VERSION OF RESEARCH DEPARTMENT'S PAPER BUT

HAVE CONCLUDED ON BALANCE THAT IT WOULD NOT BE WISE TO DO SO.

3.

I REALISE THAT YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE A LINE FOR

DISCUSSING MACAU WITH EXCO MEMBERS, AND I THINK IT BEST NOT TO

HAND OVER A PIECE OF PAPER, BUT TO DRAW ONLY UPON THE FIRST 6

PARAGRAPHS OF RESEARCH DEPARTMENT'S PAPER AND UPON WHAT HAS BEEN

OBTAINED LOCALLY, NAMELY PARAGRAPHS 10 AND 11. IF YOU ARE

REQUIRED TO GIVE AN ASSESSMENT I SUGGEST YOU SAY NO MORE THAN

WHAT IS IN PARAGRAPH 15.

SIGNED R D CLIFT

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