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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING
PEKING TELNO 327 : MACAU
1. AS REPORTED IN TUR ZHOU NAN WAS PART OF THE CHINESE DELEGATION
ATTENDING SOARES' INAUGURATION. HE HAD TALKS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
PIRES DE MIRANDA, AND THE CHINESE EMBASSY GAVE A DINNER IN HIS
HONOUR. ZHOU SAID THAT HE ANTICIPATED THAT THE TALKS WOULD BE HELD
IN A QUOTE VERY FRIENDLY UNQUOTE ATMOSPHERE BUT REFUSED TO BE DRAWN
WHEN I BUTTON-HOLED HIM AFTER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY.
2. PIRES DE MIRANDA AT A LUNCH FOR THE DIPLOMATIC ASSOCIATION ON 7
MARCH WHEN ASKED ABOUT MACAU SAID THAT HE ENVISAGED FEW PROBLEMS AND
THAT THE TALKS COULD START QUOTE AS SOON AS CHINA WAS READY UNQUOTE.
HE MENTIONED APRIL AS LIKELY DATE. HOWEVER QUEIROS DE BARROS
CONFIRMED ON 11 MARCH THAT, DESPITE HIS MINISTERS STATEMENT,
PORTUGAL IS NOT YET READY. HE SAID THAT ZHOU HAD BEEN TOLD THAT MAY
WAS THE EARLIEST DATE PORTUGAL COULD MANAGE. ZHOU HAD APPARENTLY
ACCEPTED THAT THERE WERE GENUINE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AND THAT
PORTUGAL WAS NOT DELIBERATELY DRAGGING ITS FEET.
3. THE MOST PRESSING PRACTICAL PROBLEM IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW
GOVERNOR WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF SOARES' EARLY ACTS OF OFFICE.
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13 MAR 1986
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Action Talen
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
MR RATFORD
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