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the Governor intended to do this, but he was QUOTE cheer-leading UNQUOTE. I commented that some of the subtlety of this might be missed when the editorial was read, eg in Hong Kong.

5. This was all good-humoured enough. I record it mainly to alert you to Mirsky's unhelpful interpretation of the Governor's comment noted above. Mirsky is writing in the Spectator this week on the subject: I doubt that I knocked him off it entirely.

Grateful if you could ensure that Mike Hanson sees this

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