Sir,
13 July 1990
I request you to notify the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, by delivery on 17 July 1990 of a Note on the lines of the attached draft, of the wish of the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to withdraw a reservation against the listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora of the African elephant, Loxodonta Africana.
Would you please forward to me, in due course, copies of the Note and of its acknowledgement.
Mr C W Long CMG
HM Ambassador
British Embassy Berne
JE3ABJ
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
A R Brenton
Environment, Science and Energy Department