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RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1907
OF 10045OZ JUNE 89
2100
101
HKCISI/1 Ruck
YOUR TELNOS 1244 AND 1245 HONG KONG AND THE EVERY TRADE
000016
MDHIAN 8628
THE IMPLICATIONS OF A BAN ALONG THE LINES OF YOUR NEW POLICY, IF ADOPTED BY OTHER COUNTRIES, IS THAT HK, WHICH HAS PLAYED THINGS STRICTLY BY THE BOOK, WILL BE LEFT WITH A LARGE QUANTITY OF LEGALLY OBTAINED AND LEGALLY HELD STOCKS OF IVORY.
2.
WE WILL BE CONSIDERING HOW BEST TO REACT EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ADVISE THE MECHANISM WHEREBY UK WILL BAN THE IMPORT OF IVORY - I.E. WILL NEW LEGISLATION BE REQUIRED, OR IS IT MERELY THAT IMPORT LICENSES WILL BE REFUSED?
FORD
YYYY
MAIN
33
MINIMAL
MAED
HKD
NEWS DEPT
MR BAYNE
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
33
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR