I AKCISI
DRAFT KONG
I am not sure if he para at X/ adds anything.
PA/Indian
I suggest omitting it. The HK letter dow not aste for compensation. Such a question may will fill to henks, but they in fum could
be within their night to note Hing for compensation for actin
LETTER TO MR HANS K
30 JUN 1989
Thank yo fo
the ecently
U, NATHAN IVORY PALIONY LTD,
wih srospecting made legal tradis illegal.
M
6
HONG
letter of 20 Tune, to the i..ne Minister about
be introduced
n the import of
European Community I have been asked to reply.
nto
the
ti
which
The Covernment does appreciate the difficul
you and other legal traders in ivory now find yourselves
x
25/6
result
of
the
growing pressure to
We
uer:
all
Ivory
products.
AT& aware that many traders co
the CITES controls and only deal in legally ob
ictly
with
It
is,
however,
AS
I
am sure you know,
extremely
difficult
to
distinguish
legally obtained ivory once it has been worked
TOM
legal
and dvarų
31legal
ivory can enter
hrough
this
loophole.
Furthermore, it is clear that existin
rol ander
the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),
including the quota system,
not been sufficient to halt a severe decline in the popula
Species of
hav
36 of
the African
ant; T
understand that during the Past
ten
years, numbers nave decreased by 452.
alut
the
The Government have become increasingly concerned
plight of the elephant and now lieve that stronger measure
vital
to
Conserve
Lord
Caithness
visited the species
recently and took the opportunity to discuss the situation
Kenya
with
wildlife exi ets theY• G.
As a result, he annouzzed on 23 May the
Government
view that there was now 4 Case
nsferring the
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