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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 589
OF 16064OZ FEBRUARY 90
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16 FEB, 1990
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YOUR TELNO 361: HONG KONG AND THE IVORY TRADE
1. THE IMMEDIATE OBJECT OF OUR REQUIREMENT FOR POSSESSION LICENCES FOR COMMERCIAL STOCKS IS ESSENTIALLY SO THAT WE KNOW WHICH TRADER OWNS WHAT QUANTITY OF IVORY AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IVORY IS COVERED BY VALID CITES PAPERS AND MAY THEREFORE BE EXPORTED. WE DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF ANY IVORY FOR THIS PART OF THE EXERCISE AND HAVE NOT, THEREFORE, GIVE ANY PRIORITY TO ENTERING SUCH INFORMATION INTO THE DATA BASE.
2. WE CAN, HOWEVER, IDENTIFY THE COUNTRIES OR ORIGIN OF THE 358 TONNES OF IVORY SUPPORTED BY CITES PAPERS. THESE STOCKS HAVE BEEN IMPORTED SINCE 1979 FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ·
BOTSWANA
✔ETHIOPIA
S.W. AFRICA (NAMIBIA)
✓ CENTRAL
✓ IVORY COAST SOMALIA
AFRICAN REPUBLIC
UGANDA
✓TANZANIA
~ CONGO
KENYA
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
ZAIRE
✓CHAD
GABON
SUDAN
ZAMBIA
✓ CAMEROON
✓ MOZAMBIQUE
ZIMBABWE
✓ MALAWI
WE CANNOT AT THIS STAGE MATCH THE SIZE OF STOCKS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.
3. AS REGARDS IMPORTS FROM SUDAN WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT ALL IMPORTS ARE COVERED BY VALID CITES EXPORT PERMITS ISSUED BY THE SUDANESE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.
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