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EGISTRY
19 December 1989
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- 2 JAN 1990
Action Taken
PEGISTRY
HONG KONG AND THE IVORY TRADE
342
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PS Ps/Mr Manda P-/M, Woldegqual Mr Gillmore Mr Bayde
Mr Mclarin
Mr Lidington
MAED
The Prime Minister has seen a copy of the Foreign Secretary's minute of 7 December to the Secretary of State for the Environment, and the latter's reply, about Hong Kong's request that we should enter a reservation under Article XV(3) of the Washington Convention so that traders have time to dispose of their existing stocks of ivory.
The Prime Minister has considerable sympathy with Hong Kong's request for such a reservation, provided that stringent steps are being taken to control and monitor trade in ivory during that period, and the breathing space offered by the reservation is not abused. The problems faced by Hong Kong are genuine, and cannot simply be ignored.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Roger Bright (Department of the Environment).
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Mr
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Stephen Wall, Esq.,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
C.D. POWELL
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