There was some suggestion that there was a rapprochement developing between China and the Soviets, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
BOB HAWKE
I just loved him and he loved me… He was a most humble man, the most decent man I’ve ever met in my life and he always looked for the best in people to find positives and he said something to me that always remained with me.
![Bob Hawke Quote - I hated [Robert Mugabe]. He’s one of the worst human beings I’ve ever met. He treated black and white with equal contempt. He was a horrible human being.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/i-hated-robert-mugabe-hes-one-of-the-worst-human-b-683x1024.jpg)
![Bob Hawke Quote - Geoffrey [Howe] and I were mates, and he disagreed with [ Margaret Thatcher] position. So, we cooperated surreptitiously.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/geoffrey-howe-and-i-were-mates-and-he-disagreed-wi.jpg)
![Bob Hawke Quote - I respected [Margaret Thatcher] enormously. She had great integrity in that respect.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/i-respected-margaret-thatcher-enormously-she-had-g-683x1024.jpg)
![Bob Hawke Quote - One of the features of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings was [that] she [ Elizabeth II] would have a meeting with each of them. You’d have an allotted time.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/one-of-the-features-of-the-commonwealth-heads-of-g.jpg)
![Bob Hawke Quote - I believe [ Rajiv Gandhi] had a real sense that he would be assassinated.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/i-believe-rajiv-gandhi-had-a-real-sense-that-he-wo-683x1024.jpg)
![Bob Hawke Quote - We [ with Brian Mulroney and Rajiv Gandhi] went to the meeting in Canada [the 1987 Vancouver CHOGM] and I said to them there that sanctions weren’t working; they were just being busted.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/we-with-brian-mulroney-and-rajiv-gandhi-went-to-th.jpg)
![Bob Hawke Quote - [ Elizabeth II] has immersed herself, in the sense [that] she can speak intelligently about any and all members of the Commonwealth and she has played a role.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/elizabeth-ii-has-immersed-herself-in-the-sense-tha.jpg)
![Bob Hawke Quote - There is a reciprocal respect for [ Elizabeth II], for her interest in the Commonwealth. The members of the Commonwealth recognise that here is a genuine interest from the top. So, that’s one reason. I’m not putting it necessarily in order of importance.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/there-is-a-reciprocal-respect-for-elizabeth-ii-for-683x1024.jpg)
