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TELNO 1902
OF 16034OZ JUNE 90
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YRTELNO 1123: IVORY PQ'S
нас
TOR COPY
HKC 15/1 Q DIST?
RECEIVED I
27 JUN 1990
محمد
1. ANSWERING THESE PQ'S HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN WE WOULD HAVE WISHED, DUE TO PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN RECONCILING BANKS' REFERENCES TO COLUMNS
OF THE OFFICIAL REPORT. WE DO NOT RECEIVE THESE OFFICIAL REPORTS IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO DEAL WITH BANKS' SUBSEQUENT PQ'S THEREON.
2. IT WOULD THEREFORE BE MOST HELPFUL CAND ALLOW US TO RESPOND MORE
QUICKLY) IF IN SUCH CASES YOU WERE TO SUPPLY THE ORIGINAL PQ NUMBERS TO WHICH THESE SUBSEQUENT PQ'S REFER, I.E. PROVIDE US WITH
THE LINK OR BRIDGE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL INFORMATION BEING QUERIED.
WE WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL.
3. SUGGESTED RESPONSES TO THE SPECIFIC PQ'S IN YRTUR ARE:
(2494) HONG KONG AUTHORITY HAS AN OPEN MIND WITH REGARD TO THE DISPOSAL OF THE CURRENT STOCK OF CONFISCATED IVORY. DESTRUCTION COULD BE AN OPTION TO BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER STAGE. (WE WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW WHAT UK'S POLICY IS IN THIS MATTER).
(2495) PLEASE REFER TO OUR REPLY TO PQ 2409 OF FCO TELNO 1705 DATED
7.6.1990, THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE.
(2496) AS THE RELEVANT COLUMNS OF THE OFFICIAL REPORT IS NOT/NOT YET AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE THIS QUESTION REFERS TO OUR ANSWERS TO PQ 2210 DATED 16.5.90 AND PQ 1861 DATED 20.4.90. ANSWER TO PQ 1861
REFERS TO SEIZURES IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1989 WHEREAS P1 2210
REFERS TO PROSECUTIONS DURING THE SAME PERIOD. AS THERE WAS A TIME LAG BETWEEN SEIZURE AND PROSECUTION, SOME OF THE PROSECUTION CASES IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1989 REFERRED TO SEIZURES IN THE FIRST HALF
OF 1989. MOREOVER FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION SUBSEQUENT TO A SEIZURE
MIGHT REVEAL THAT NO/NO OFFENCE WAS COMMITTED AND PROSECUTION WAS
NOT/NOT NECESSARY.
(2497) ACCORDING TO THE ACCOMPANYING SHIPPING DOCUMENTS, THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS MACAU.
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