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THE PORTUGUESE REGARDED AS INSULTING. APART FROM POINT (3) THEY DO NOT YET KNOW HOW MUCH THE DRAFT TEXT RELEASED REFLECTS THESE CONCERNS. THERE WAS ALSO A PROBLEM CONCERNING LEASES SINCE THE EARLIER DRAFT SAID ''LEASES WOULD BE VALID UNLESS NOT APPROVED BY THE MACAO SAR AUTHORITIES AFTER 1999 ** BUT WE DO NOT YET KNOW

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I AM COPYING THIS TELELETTER TO CHANCERY, LISBON AND TO B T C, HONG KONG

JANET ROGAN.

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