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FM LISBON
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 154
OF 06170OZ
JUNE 89
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HRB 020/4
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MDHIAN 7917
Extirps (Macao)
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INFO IMMEDIATE MADRID
INFO PRIORITY JLG HONG KONG, BGO HONG KONG, PEKING, OTHER EC POSTS
PORTUGUESE STATEMENT ON CHINA
1. ON 5 JUNE THE PORTUGUESE MFA ISSUED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING CONSTERNATION AT EVENTS IN PEKING, REJECTION OF THE USE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST UNARMED CIVILIANS, AND A APPEAL TO THE CHINESE TO REVERT TO A POLICY OF OPENNESS AND DIALOGUE, REFORM, AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
2. THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE SAID THAT CAVACO SILVA WAS PROFOUNDLY
SHOCKED BY RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
3. THE ACTION TAKEN WITH THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN LONDON (YOUR TELNO 524 TO PEKING) HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED INFORMALLY TO THE PORTUGUESE WHO HAVE YET TO DECIDE UPON THEIR OWN MEASURES. THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THEY MAY WISH TO COORDINATE WITH US IN THE CONTEXT OF HONG KONG AND MACAU, TAKING ACCOUNT OF ANY COMMON POSITION ADOPTED WITHIN THE EC.
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4 THE NEXT SESSION OF THE MACAU JLG WAS SCHEDULED FOR(31 JULY THERE IS TALK OF SUSPENDING ITS DELIBERATIONS, AND OF RECALLING TO LISBON THE JLG REPRESENTATIVE IN MACAU.
5. COORDINATION BETWEEN THE MFA AND PRESIDENCY IS, HOWEVER, HAMPERED BY PRESIDENT SOARES' CURRENT VISIT TO THE AZORES, AND BY THE CHANGEOVER -AS YET NOT COMPLETED OF MFA STAFF DEALING WITH MACAU.
DRACE-FRANCIS
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