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5. IN RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION HE SAID THAT THE CHINESE HAD NOT IN RECENT WEEKS MENTIONED TO HIM ANY CONCERN ABOUT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG,

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I SUGGESTED THAT WE NEEDED TO THINK TOGETHER ABOUT LONG-TERM ECONOMIC, INFRA-STRUCTURE AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS, WITH A VIEW EVENTUALLY TO BRING THE CHINESE INTO MORE OPEN DEALINGS ABOUT THE DELTA REGION AND THE WAY HONG KONG AND MACAO WERE LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO THE NEXT CENTURY. I SUGGESTED THAT MACAO WAS THE BEST SITE FOR SUCH DISCUSSIONS SINCE IT PROVIDED THE BEST HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS MOST ANXIOUS TO PROVIDE SUCH A FACILITY AND ASKED THAT WE KEEP IN TOUCH.

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HE MENTIONED THAT PORTUGAL WAS POSTING ONE OF ITS BEST YOUNG DIPLOMATS FROM LISBON TO MACAO TO ACT AS HIS DIPLOMATIC ADVISER: HE WOULD BE OUR DAY-TO-DAY CHANNEL. I INTRODUCED OUR NEW CONSUL, MR.SEBASTIAN WOOD.

NOTE-TAKERS THEN WITHDREW AND WE WENT ON TO A FURTHER DISCUSSION WHICH IS REPORTED ON A MORE RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION.

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LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT

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NEWS D

PS/MR GOODLAD

SIR J COLES

MR HUM

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