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FEIXEIRA GAVE THE IMPRESSION (IN LINE WITH OUR OWN THINKING) THAT THE PORTUGUESE WERE EXPECTING THE CHINESE TO TAKE THE SETTLEMENT OF THE QUESTION OF MACAU IN SLOW TIME. HE TOLD ME THAT

THE DURING LI XIANNIAN'S VISIT TO PORTUGAL LAST NOVEMBER,

PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER HAD BEEN PREPARED TO RAISE THE

FUTURE OF MACAU WITH WU XUEQIAN, BUT WU HAD MADE IT QUITE CLEAN THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT. IT THUS SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT MACAU'S FUTURE WAS NOT DISCUSSED DURING LI'S VISIT, DESPITE THE INCLUSION IN THE CHINESE PRESIDENT'S PARTY OF AN OFFICIAL ALLEGED TO BE AN EXPERT ON MACAU (KEN WALKER'S LETTER UF

12 DECEMBER TU TUM SMITH).

D G DLUNT

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