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INFO TELELETTER HONG KONG, LISBON, FED FCO.

TELELETTER DATED 11 SEPTEMBER 1986

FROM: BARRIE WIGGHAM, PEKING

TO : C O HUM ESQ., HKD, FCO

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• JDI BOYD ESQ., HONG KONG CHANCERY, LISBON

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TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF MACAO.

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AS YOU KNOW, CHINA AND PORTUGAL HELD THEIR SECOND ROUND OF TALKS ON THE MACAO QUESTION IN PEKING ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10. THE CHINESE

DELEGATION WAS HEADED BY VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ZHOU NAN

WHILE THE PORTUGUESE DELEGATION WAS HEADED BY DR. RUI MEDINA. THE

PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, OTAVIO N VALERIO, ALTHOUGH NOT A FORMAL MEMBER OF THE TEAM, WAS AN ADVISER TO THE DELEGATION, AND

ALSO ATTENDED THE TALKS.

2. THE NONA DISCLOSED IN ITS PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE TALKS

WERE TO BE HELD AT THE DIAOYUTA! STATE GUEST HOUSE AND WERE

SCHEDULED TO LAST TWO DAYS. (IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE FIRST FOUND

OF TALKS WAS HELD ON JUNE 30 AND JULY 1 THIS YEAR, ALSO IN PEKING).

3. IN A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE SECOND DAY, THE FOREIGN

MINISTRY ANNOUNCED THAT THE THIRD ROUND WOULD BE HELD IN THE SECOND HALF OF OCTOBER, AGAIN IN PEKING. (THERE HAD REEN SOME EARLIER SPECULATION THAT THE NEXT ROUND MIGHT BE HELD IN LISBON). THE ATMOSPHERE WAS DESCRIBED AS FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL AND A

SPOKESMAN AT THE WEEKLY MFA BRIEFING SAID BOTH SIDES HAD DISCUSSED **MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE UNDER EACH AGENDA ITEM AND PROGRESS WAS MADE''.

4. THE COMMUNIQUE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT ZHOU NAN WOULD PAY A VISIT TO PORTUGAL IN NOVEMBER AT THE INVITATION OF THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT.

5. A COLLEAGUE AT THE PORTUGUESE EMBASSY CONFIRMED TO ME THAT THE TALKS HAD COVERED SUBSTANTIAL MATTERS' AND HAD GONE SMOTHLY WITH NO SPECIAL PROBLEMS. HE EXPECTED THINGS TO BE TAKEN FORWARD AT

** A HIGH LEVEL WHEN ZHOU NAN VISITED PORTUGAL. ALTHOUGH NO FIRM DATE HAS BEEN FIXED FOR THE NEXT FORMAL ROUND, HE SAID THIS WAS LIKELY TO BE AROUND 20-22 OCTOBER.

6. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN THE FULL LINE-UP, PORTUGAL FIELDED SIX MEMBERS IN THEIR TEAM (FLUS THE AMBASSADOR) WHILST THIS TIME THE CHINESE ONLY HAD FIVE ON THEIR SIDE BECAUSE KE ZA SHUO (MY TELNO.1633) IS STILL IN HOSPITAL.

7. THE COLLEAGUE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS PERSONALLY EXHAUSTED BY THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN THE TALKS HAD PLACED ON THE VERY SMALL STAFF OF THE EMBASSY HERE. THE PORTUGUESE TEAM HAS NOW GONE OFF BY TRAIN FOR A THREE TO FOUR DAY TOURIST VISIT TO SHANDONG, ACCOMPANYED BY THE PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR.

SIGNED: BARRIED WIGGHAM.

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