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PARTICULARLY ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE, PERHAPS IN COOPERATION WITH THE DUTCH (PARA 3 OF MY TELNO 116). PINHEIRO ALSO REFERRED TO THE NEED FOR PUSHING AHEAD FASTER WITH THE WORK ON THE FUTURE OF NATO, PERHAPS IN A SMALLER GROUP.
3. YOU AGREED WITH PINHEIRO THAT WE NEEDED TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH ON SOUTHERN AFRICA (MY TELNO 115) WHICH CAVACO SILVA ALSO EMPHASISED (MY TELNO 117). THE LAST BILATERAL TALKS AT OFFICIAL LEVEL WERE IN LISBON IN JANUARY 1990. IT IS THEREFORE OUR TURN TO INVITE THE PORTUGUESE MFA TO LONDON AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE BE INSTRUCTED TO SUGGEST SOME DATES.
4. YOU WELCOMED PINHEIRO'S SUGGESTION OF CONTACTS WITH THE UK ON THE MIDDLE EAST (PARA 8 OF MY TELNO 112). MR HOGG MIGHT LIKE TO INVITE THE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER, DURAO BARROSO, TO LONDON. BARROSO IS ALSO OF COURSE THE KEY MINISTER IN THE ANGOLAN TALKS. HE TOLD ME AT DINNER LAST NIGHT THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTER HAD GIVEN HIM SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA IN RELATION TO THE PRESIDENCY. HE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL
FIGURE. HE IS THEREFORE WORTH CULTIVATING.
5. THERE WAS NO (NO) MENTION OF SPECIAL TALKS ABOUT HONG KONG/MACAU. WE HAVE IN THE PAST INVITED THE MFA TO LONDON FOR TALKS BUT THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL (CATARINO) HAS NOT HAD THE TIME TO ACCEPT. IN ANY CASE, THIS EMBASSY KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH HIM AS DOES GALSWORTHY IN HONG KONG. FROM THIS END, THEREFORE, I SEE NO NEED FOR ANY NEW PROPOSALS, BUT YOU MAY LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN.
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