UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 14100OZ FCO
TELNO 556
OF 14070OZ FEBRUARY 90
UNCLASSIFIED
HKC 1sılı 151
RECEIVED IN
RY
14 FEB 1990
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
(99
141030
MDHIAN 6802
196
YOUR TELNO 340: HONG KONG AND THE IVORY TRADE: PQS
1. YOU MAY CARE TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING INTO ACCOUNT IN DRAFTING
ANSWERS TO THE TWO PQS:
(A) BOTH THE COMPUTER AND THE SOFTWARE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
INFORMATION OF THE COMMERCIAL IVORY STOCKS IS BEING ENTERED INTO
THE COMPUTER DATA BASE. SINCE 13 JANUARY 1990 (THE DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR IVORY POSSESSION LICENCES) ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE DATA HAS BEEN ENTERED. (DATA ON PERSONAL
POSSESSION WILL BE ENTERED AT A LATER STAGE).
(B) EXISTING WEIGHT OF STOCKS REMAINS AS GIVEN IN PARA OF OUR TELNO
317. THEIR ORIGIN IS COVERED IN PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 355. AS FURTHER
BACKGROUND WE ARE FAXING TO STONE HKD DETAILS OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF RAW IVORY TO HONG KONG SINCE 1982.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
20
MINIMAL
HKD
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1
DISTRIBUTION
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