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HOWEVER WE ARE STILL NOT QUESTION REGARDING THE
MANY THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION.
ENTIRELY CLEAR HOW TO ANSWER MR BANKS' APPARENT DISCREPANCY BETWEEN OUR ANSWERS OF 8 MAY AND 5 JUNE, THE FIRST OF WHICH OMITTED ANY MENTION OF CANADA OR INDIA AS EXPORTING COUNTRIES FROM WHICH IVORY HAD BEEN SEIZED.
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IT MAY BE THAT THE ANSWER TO QUESTION 2210 (BASED ON YOUR
TELNO 1605) RELATED TO SEIZURES OF ALL ENDANGERED SPECIES, NOT JUST IVORY. IF THE EXPLANATION IS SIMPLY THAT CANADA AND INDIA WERE ERRONEOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE ANSWER TO QUESTION 2210, THEN WE SHOULD SAY SO.
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