TNAG-1459-FCO40-1983-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macau-1986 — Page 95

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Macau

Without revealing what Martins de Cruz had told me that São Bento would be setting up the negotiating Ribeiro Menezes said team, I asked where matters stood.

Nothing would happen that here too matters were in flux.

The MFA until Soares had selected the new Governor. believed that this would be Gomes Mota (former Head of TAP). Meanwhile, within the Ministry, responsibility for Macau had been given to Queiroz de Barros, who had previously been supernumary Director-General with responsibility for the Timor issue.

I have always found Queiroz de

(Comment:

I doubt Barros friendly but not very impressive on Timor. whether he will be allowed to run the Macau negotiations for long.)

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Falklands

I asked point-blank whether there had been any Ribeiro Argentine approach over fisheries arrangements. Menezes said that he personally knew nothing of such/an approach, but that if we were interested we should speak to the Economic Division.

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Select Committee

He said

I told him about the Select Committee. that he thought it possible that the Minister,/in addition to Vitor Martins, might be prepared to see the Committee. I think we should now formally ask whether the Minister would be prepared to do this.

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Mrs Chalker's Visit

A mentioned there was some urgency about getting a response to our Note Verbale on this subject, since Mrs Chalker's office needed to know for sure whether they

Ribeiro Menezes asked should plan a visit to Portugal. to be sent a copy of the Note and seemed genuinely distressed

Please do this at once. that we had had no reaction.

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South African Attachés

Ribeiro Menezes confirmed that the Portuguese Military Attaché in Pretoria would be withdrawn within the

His tour was due to end on this sort next month or so.

of timing anyway. The Portuguese are considering how to replace him by a civilian who could pick up his undoubtedly useful contacts (we know from previous conversations that, in the absence of any intelligence officers of their own, the Portuguese have used the Attaché as their contact with the South African Military and Civilian Intelligence Services to exchange information on events in Angola and Mozambique. The two South African Military Attachés here would be allowed

/to stay

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