TNAG-1459-FCO40-1983-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macau-1986 — Page 72

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FM HONG KONG

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELNO 1527

OF 19094OZ MAY 86

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, LISBON

OUR TELNO 1513 AND L'ISBON TELNO 154 : NEGOTIATIONS ON MACAO

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1. MACAU GOVERNMENT INFORMATION BUREAU RELEASED A STATEMENT ON 17 MAY REBUTTING THE HONG KONG STANDARD ARTICLE REPORTED IN OUR TUR. THIS SAND THAT THE ATTRIBUTION TO A HIGH MACAU GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BETRAYED THE BASELESSNESS OF THE STANDARD ARTICLE SINCE ALL MEMBERS OF THE MACAO GOVERNMENT HAD ALWAYS INSISTED THAT NEGOTIATIONS OVER MACAO'S FUTURE WOULD BE THE EXCLUSIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT, THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRC GOVERNMENT.

2. THIS ODDLY REASONED DENPAL NOTWITHSTANDING, THE HONG KONG STANDARD'S CLAIMS DO NOT LOOK ENTIRELY #MPLAUSIBLE AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF LISBON TUR.

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