[Telegrama n.º 4, urgente e secreto sobre o Arquivo da Diocese de Macau]

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Authors/contributors

Nogueira, Franco (Author)
Faria, António de (Recipient)

Title

Abstract

This abstract describes an encrypted official telegram, designated ISR No. 19, dispatched by the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Cipher Services on 3 January 1968 to the Portuguese Embassy to the Holy See. The document is marked urgent and confidential, with transmission completed via telex at 20:35 after ciphering concluded at 20:00. Its principal subject concerns the relocation of the Diocese of Macau’s archival collection, confirmed as having been transferred in its entirety to Lisbon and deposited at the Oficinas de São José (St Joseph’s Workshops); only recent administrative files remain in Macau under the custody of Bishop D. Paulo for operational purposes. The telegram functions as a final addendum to Telegram No. 1 and bears marginal annotations indicating internal distribution, including a copy intended for an unspecified division and a right-aligned notation “PAA”, alongside an upper-left archival identifier “960472”. Authored by Farinha Fernandes of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the document carries no visible official seal or stamp and is signed solely by the author. It was printed in a run of 20,000 copies by S. & M., Lda. This source provides direct evidence of mid-twentieth-century Portuguese administrative practices concerning ecclesiastical archives in Macau, reflecting institutional coordination between diplomatic, foreign affairs, and religious authorities during the final decades of Portuguese administration.

Type

Telegrama

Date

03/01/1968

URL

http://43.156.68.124/docs/GQXWEABM/viewer_GQXWEABM.html

Transcription

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[Page 1] [Texto Principal] MINISTÉRIO DOS NEGÓCIOS ESTRANGEIROS SERVIÇOS DE CIFRA ISR N.º geral _19_ TELEGRAMA EXPEDIDO Para EMBAIXADA de Portugal em VATICANO Cifrado — Ostensivo — em 3 de Janeiro de 1968 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Entregue à Cifra às 19.15 Acabado de cifrar às 20.00 Entregue ao telégrafo às _ Enviado por telex às 20.35 4 — URGENTE — SECRETO — Aditamento final do nosso 1. Apurámos que todo o arquivo da diocese de Macau está transferido para Lisboa, encontrando-se neste momento nas Oficinas S. José. O Sr. D. Paulo conserva em Macau apenas o arquivo recente necessário ao expediente diário. a) NESIRANGEIROS Farinha Fernandes [Anotações marginais] [No lado esquerdo, vertical] Cópia em _ à Repartição competente [No corpo do texto, sobre o número "4", à direita] PAA [Acima da palavra "SECRETO"] [UNCLEAR: 12.0?] [No canto superior esquerdo, sobre "ISR"] 960472 [Carimbos] [Nenhum selo ou carimbo visível] [Assinaturas] Farinha Fernandes [Referências arquivísticas] 20.000 ex. — S. & M., Lda.

Translation

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— ORIGINAL TEXT —
[Page 1] [Main Text]
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CIPHER SERVICES
ISR No. 19
ENCRYPTED TELEGRAM DISPATCHED
TO THE PORTUGUESE EMBASSY TO THE HOLY SEE

Encrypted — Official (unclassified) — dated 3 January 1968
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Received by the Cipher Section at 19:15
Ciphering completed at 20:00
Delivered to the telegraph office at [blank]
Transmitted by telex at 20:35

4 — URGENT — CONFIDENTIAL — Final addendum to our telegram No. 1
We have ascertained that the entire archival collection of the Diocese of Macau has been transferred to Lisbon and is currently housed at the Oficinas de São José (St Joseph’s Workshops).
Bishop D. Paulo retains in Macau only the most recent administrative files required for day-to-day diocesan operations.

a) DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Farinha Fernandes

[Marginal annotations]
[Left-hand margin, vertical]
Copy sent to [blank] for the competent Division

[In the body of the text, above the numeral “4”, right-aligned]
PAA

[Above the word “CONFIDENTIAL”]
[UNCLEAR: possibly “12.0?” — likely a cipher key or internal reference number]

[Upper-left corner, over “ISR”]
960472

[Seals]
No visible official seal or stamp

[Signatures]
Farinha Fernandes

[Archival references]
20,000 copies — S. & M., Lda.

Citation

Nogueira, F. (1968, March 1). [Telegrama n.^o 4, urgente e secreto sobre o Arquivo da Diocese de Macau] [Telegrama to António de Faria]. Portugal. Arquivo Diplomático do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (PAA 1167). http://43.156.68.124/docs/GQXWEABM/viewer_GQXWEABM.html

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