TNAG-2497-FCO40-3633-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macao-(Macau)-1992 — Page 7

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FM FCO

TELELETTER LISBON

TO

TELELETTER NFR

OF 30131OZ DECEMBER 92

020/3

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

AND TO TELELETTER UKREP JLG HONG KONG 4

1993

DESK OFFICER

FROM C O HUM, AUSS, N. ASIA

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REGISTRY Action Taken

ΤΟ HM AMBASSADOR,

LISBON

TO A C GALSWORTHY CMG, UKREP JLG, HONG KONG

42

017040

MDTTAN 3598

MB

Mr Bootkin or

ем

Mail12

MACAU

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 23 DECEMBER ON YOUR

CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR GUIMARAES.

1.

2"

I AGREE THAT IT IS USEFUL FOR US TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH

THE PORTUGUESE OVER OUR RESPECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHINESE,

EVEN THOUGH I SUSPECT THAT THESE ARE FOLLOWING DIVERGENT PATHS

AND THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A DIRECT READ-ACROSS. WE ARE PLEASED TO

NOTE THAT YOU HAVE REINSTATED ARRANGEMENTS FOR REGULAR CONTACTS

WITH THE PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTRY.

3.

SINCE I TOOK UP THIS JOB I HAVE HAD NO CONCACT WITH THE

PORTUGUESE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH MARIO GODHINO DE MATOS, THE HEAD OF THE ASIAN DEPARTMENT IN THE

PORTUGUESE MFA, AT A WILTON PARK CONFERENCE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE GUIMARAES IF HE WANTED TO COME TO LONDON FOR A TALK. WHERE

TIMING IS CONCERNED, I PLAN TO TRAVEL TOWARDS THE END OF JANUARY AND I MAY ALSO HAVE TO BE AWAY IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 11 JANUARY. BUT HE WOULD BE WELCOME BETWEEN 15 AND 25 JANUARY, AND I SUGGEST YOU ASK HIM TO PROPOSE A DATE. WE COULD HAVE A TALK IN THE FCO IN THE LATE MORNING, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH.

SIGNED C O HUM

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