TNAG-1626-FCO40-2240-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macau-1987 — Page 73

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INFO PRIORITY PEKHING, HONG KONG

PEKING TELNO 460:MACAU

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1. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN BRIEFING DELEGATIONS FROM OPPOSITION PARTIES ABOUT PROGRESS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE LIKELY TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT ON MACAU. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS QUOTES A SOURCE IN THE M.F.A.' HE IS EXPECTED TO SIGN IN PEKING IN THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL BUT HIS PRESS SPOKESMAN DENIED TO US THAT ANY DATE HAD

BEEN FIXED.

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