RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 26080OZ FCO
TELNO 2502
OF 26050OZ JULY 89
186
RESTRICTED
HKC 151/1
187
154020
MDHIAN 4609
Entert YA
YOUR TELNO 1560 : HONG KONG AND THE IVORY TRADE
THE TRANSFER OF MARKINGS FROM RAW TO WORKED IVORY POSES SOME DIFFICULTIES AS IT WILL DEFACE AND DEVALUE THE WORKED IVORY. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONDUCTING AN EXERCISE TO REGISTER ALL STOCKS OF IVORY IN HONG KONG. BY THE COMPLETION OF THIS EXERCISE (PROBABLY WITHIN TWO MONTHS), ALL RAW IVORY WILL BE MARKED AND THE SOURCE OF IMPORT COULD BE CONFIRMED. IT WOULD THEN BE POSSIBLE TO DEVISE A SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT WORKED IVORY EXPORTED BACK TO EC ORIGINATED FROM EC. TO PREVENT ABUSE WE WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WHICH WE CANNOT GUARANTEE AT THIS STAGE COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
WILSON
26/7
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
23
LIMITED
MAED
HKD
DISTRIBUTION
26
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
MR BAYNE
MR SLATER
ADDITIONAL
3
MR FOLLAND, DRA, DOE (BRISTOL) HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,
LONDON
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