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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993
THE RIGHT HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER PATRICK PATTEN
GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
GOVERNOR PATTEN: Mr. Chairman, ladies and
gentlemen, first of all, thank you very much indeed for
that extremely courteous and flattering obituary notice.
(Laughter.)
GOVERNOR PATTEN: I feel very honored to be one
of such a distinguished line of speakers addressing you
over the next few weeks. I think the speech I would
particularly like to hear would be Victor Borge on GATT
and NAFTA.
(Laughter.)
GOVERNOR PATTEN: As you mentioned in your
introductory remarks, chairman, I really began what for want of a better word we will call my political career
working for John Lindsay's first mayoral campaign when he
came out of the 17th Congressional District to run for
other things, and my job on that campaign in 1965 was to
cover the conservative candidate, Bill Buckley. I was
responsible for researching Buckleyisms.
The one that I most enjoyed which told one, I
guess, legions about the difficulties of the job for which
he was allegedly running, was Buckley's reply when asked
what the first thing would be if he were to succeed in his
electoral quest and be elected mayor of New York, and
Buckley replied very quickly, I'd demand a recount.
(Laughter.)
/GOVERNOR PÅTTEN:
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