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I am, of course, very much aware of the very hard act
which I have to follow. Lord Wilson is an old friend.
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was an excellent Governor of Hong Kong, marvellously
supported by Lady Wilson. I know in what high regard and
with what affection they are held here. Both as Governor
and in his distinguished career as a diplomat and scholar,
Lord Wilson has done as much as any man to strengthen the
bonds between Britain and China; to try to ensure that our
rather great peoples understand one another a the better; and,
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