UNCLASSIFIED
235
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5. GRAHAM WAS PRESENTED FORMALLY TO THE GOVERNOR AND HIS WIFE AFTERWARDS. THE GOVERNOR LOOKED FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING AT GREATER LENGTH. GRAHAM BID FORMAL FAREWELL TO NABO, WITH WHOM HE HAD TALKED BEFORE VIEIRA'S ARRIVAL, AND GREETED LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT D'ASSUMPCAO, WHO HAS NOW OUTLASTED
SEVERAL GOVERNORS. VIEIRA WAS THEN GIVEN THE KEYS TO MACAU IN
ANOTHER CEREMONY IN THE LEAL SENADO.
6.
DURING THE PALACE CEREMONY THE NCNA DIRECTOR AND CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN WERE VERY MUCH TO THE FORE, AS WERE THE OUTGOING CABINET WHO WILL ALL HAVE LEFT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. MOST OF THE NEW CABINET ARRIVE ON 16 MAY FROM LISBON. ONLY RANGEL WAS PRESENT AT THIS CEREMONY. GRAHAM CONGRATULATED HIM WARMLY.
7. A COPY OF VIEIRA'S SPEECH AND AN ARTICLE FROM THE MACAU JOURNAL SUMMARISING THE CV'S OF THE NEW CABINET FOLLOW BY BAG TOGETHER WITH A FULLER ACCOUNT OF THE AFTERNOON.
SMITH-LAITTAN
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
75
LIMITED
FED
HKD
NEWS D
PLANNERS
PUSD
RAD
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
75
JOINT DIRECTORATE
SED
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
MISS SPENCER
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