Welcome, Jiang Zemin , President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party, to the ranks of the great and the good.
You may wonder why you should suddenly have won favour at this delicate moment in world history.
We cannot answer that. Perhaps you have only now found the time to return the form and questionnaire.
But whatever the reason, we feel the world should know that you have at last received an entry in the UK edition of Who's Who.
Those of us who have preferred to remain ex-directory in Who's Who over the years will be sorry to lose you. Never mind. Though you will no longer be one of us, you will still be in relatively good company.
Joining you as first-timers in the 149th edition will be the British stand-up comedians Alexei Sayle and Ruby Wax and record-producer Pete Waterman.