Mr Paul
PS/INE Thaude PS/M- Waldegrave
LETTER FROM MR JOHN PATTEN MP
FROM: F B Holroyd
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 7 March 1990
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RECEIVER
12 MAR 1990
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1.
I submit a self-explantory draft reply.
2. I apologise for the delay in submitting this. A draft was
ready on 2 February but I held up the reply pending a Ministerial
decision on revising our standard draft. (A submission from MAED on
this is at present with Private Office.) However on reflection I
think this draft should be issued since it does not really touch on
the main point under review: whether we need to readdress the
allegation that the sale of Hong Kong ivory is encouraging further
poaching.
PJZAQD
FB Holroyd
This is on entirely standard lines I have remonstrated witte the Section about unnecessary delays of this kind
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