TNAG-1869-FCO40-2657-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macau-1989 — Page 107

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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 173

OF 090515Z JUNE 89

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, LISBON

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LISBON TELNO 156: PORTUGAL/MACAO

1. THE HEAD OF THE PORTUGUESE JLG OFFICE, RAMOS, RANG ME ON 9 JUNE TO TELL ME HE WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON ME ON HIS WAY BACK TO LISBON. I

HAVE ARRANGED TO MEETI HIM ON 10 JUNE.

2. RAMOS PRESUMABLY INTENDS TO BRIEF ME ON PORTUGUESE ATTITUDES, AND TO ENQUIRE ABOUT OUR OWN PLANS. LIKE US, IN TERMS OF BUSINESS THE PORTUGUESE HAD FEW HOPES FOR A PRODUCTIVE NEXT JLG SESSION EVEN

BEFORE THE PRESENT UPHEAVALS IN PEKING AND VALENTE'S TIP IN TUR ACCORDINGLY SEEMS ALL THE MORE LIKELY TO PROVE CORRECT. IF THE PORTUGUESE DO ANNOUNCE POSTPONEMENT AND WE DO NOT, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT UNFAVOURABLE COMPARISONS WILL BE MADE HERE AND WE WILL BE ACCUSED OF INSENSITIVE KOWTOWING TO CHINESE PRESSURE. I SEE ADVANTAGE

IN COMPARING NOTES AS FRANKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE PORTUGUESE. IF WE ARE INTENDING TO CALL OFF JLG XIII AS I BELIEVE, WE SHOULD (SEE MIPT, NOT TO ALL), IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I COULD TELL RAMOS SO.

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