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STOCKS FROM THE LEGAL MARKET WOULD ULTIMATELY MAKE IT HARDER FOR COUNTRIES LIKE JAPAN TO AVOID INVOLVING THEMSELVES ONCE MORE IN THE IVORY TRADE. BUT HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SPOIL THE SHIP FOR A HA'PORTH OF TAR. THE IMPORTANT THING WAS TO HOLD A CONFERENCE IN KENYA THAT RAISED THE PROFILE OF PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.
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4. WE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK LEAKEY WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE PROPOSED NEW WILDLIFE PARASTATAL. LEAKEY SAID THAT THE LEGISLATION HAD BEEN CLEARED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT THAT NGALA THE MINISTER FOR TOURISM AND WILDLIFE HAD TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO SUBMIT A MISLEADING BRIEF ON THE LEGISLATION TO CABINET WITHOUT CONSULTING LEAKEY, AND THE RESULT HAD BEEN THAT THE CABINET HAD REJECTED THE PROPOSALS AS INADEQUATE. NGALA, HURT BY HIS COLLEAGUES' REJECTCON OF HIS PROPOSALS, HAD RETREATED TO HIS CONSTITUENCY. LEAKEY, MYSTIFIED BY NGALA'S ERRATIC BEHAVIOUR, HAD SENT HIM A MESSAGE DEMANDING THAT THE LEGISLATION BE PROMULGATED IMMEDIATELY, OR HE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE PRESIDENT WHY HIS DIRECTOR OF WILDLIFE HAD RESIGNED. LEAKEY SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THIS INEXPLICABLE DELAY WOULD BE SORTED OUT.
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IT APPEARS THAT THE COMPENSATION'' PROPOSAL IS NOT INTENDED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ANY SAVE THE ELEPHANT CONFERENCE. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS CLEAR THAT KENYA (AND PRESUMABLY OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES) WILL COME TO SUCH A CONFERENCE EXPECTING THE DONOR COUNTRIES TO PRODUCE PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR SUPPORT. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR MORE DETAILED GUIDANCE IN DUE COURSE. WHILE WE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS IN FCO TELNO 277 EXPLICITLY, IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR TO US WHY COMPENSATION OF THE TYPE THAT LEAKEY DESCRIBES IS SUCH AN ABHORRENT CONCEPT, IF IT IS INTENDED THAT THE FUNDS THUS PROVIDED SHOULD BE INCLUDED INTO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES. THERE MAY PERHAPS BE PRACTICAL SNAGS WITH SUCH A SUPERFICIALLY NEAT FORMULA, BUT IF YOU WISH US TO RETURN TO THE CHARGE, IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE SOME ARGUMENTS WITH WHICH TO DO SO. IT IS, HOWEVER, ENCOURAGING THAT LEAKEY GAVE NO INDICATION THAT FAILURE TO AGREE ON THIS POINT WOULD PRESENT A STUMBLING BLOCK TO ANY EVENTUAL MEETING.
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