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"Dr John Chipman CMG Director-General and Chief Executive The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)"

"John—thanks for the invitation to bahrain which looks quite interesting."

"fyi mandelson is here , with me for the week, I like the combination of you two."

"I had Bill Gates most of yesterday, He told me you grilled him at Davos ."

"I think to maintain your no small reputation , just being there , in that part of the world does not have the requisite gravitas"

"Saw mandelson in london. He is smart."

"He told me you grilled him at Davos ."

"He told me you grilled him at Davos . We agreed to try to figure a way to harness and your talents"

"I'm in israel then. Understand iss is dr. Question is whether innocuous reason to be in region can be converted into something more interesting."