TNAG-2596-FCO40-3784-Appointment-of-Chris-Patten-as-new-Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Ap-1992 — Page 85

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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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