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1. FOREIGN MINISTER WU XUEQHHAN MADE AN ORAL REPORT TO THE FIFTH

SESSION OF THE SIXTH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS ON 2 APRIL ON THE INITIALLED TEXT OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ON MACAO. HIS ADDRESS

LASTED SOME 30 MINUTES.

2. THE REPORT COMPRISED A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL ORIGIN OF THE QUESTION OF MACAO AND A STATEMENT OF CHINA'S BASIC POLICIES TOWARDS THE TERRITORY. IT WENT ON TO DISCUSS THE HISTORY AND COURSE OF THE SINO-PORTUGUESE TALKS FROM 1979 TO THE PRESENT AND CONTINUED

WITH AN EXPLANAT HON OF SEVERAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE AGREEMENT WHICH DEALT WITH THE DEFINITION OF THE TERRITORY OVER WHICH CHINA WOULD RESUME SOVEREIGNTY, NATIONALITY ISSUES, THE QUESTION OF LAND AND LEASES AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOINT LANSON GROUP MEETINGS. WU'S REPORT CONTAINED REMARKS ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS THE GOAL OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION, THE VIABILITY OF THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' CONCEPT, AND THE BELIEF THAT SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF THE QUESTIONS OF HONG KONG AND MACAO MUST EXERT A FAR-REACHING INFULUENCE IN TAHWAN AND PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN BRINGING ABOUT THE COMPLETE UNIFICATION OF THE

MOTHERLAND AT AN EARLY DATE.

3. THE REPORT CONCLUDED BY PROPOSING THAT, SINCE THE JOINT DECLARATION WAS SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION, THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS SHOULD AUTHORISE ITS STANDING COMMITTEE TO DELIBERATE ON, AND RATIFY, THE JOINT DECLARATHON AFTERT IT HAD BEEN SIGNED.

3. ENGLISH AND CHINESE TEXTS OF WU'S REPORT FOLLOW IN NEXT BAG.

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