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survival in China of a genuine Catholic Church since the Communist take over.
6. The Cardinal mentioned that he knew Cardinal Hume well: the latter had taken over from him the Presidency of the European conference of bishops. He had spent a fortnight in Oxford last year working on his English.
7. I told the Cardinal that if there was any information in the fields covered by his two Commissions which he thought we might be able to provide, I would be very glad to try to help. He thanked me and we parted with friendly words: he mentioned his very good relations with Mr Gladstone in Marseilles. I can quite understand Mr Gladstone's account of him in his letter of 10 July last year.
Dr Lane
D N Lane
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