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TO ROUTINE PEKING TELNO 63 OF 1 FEBRUARY.
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPT WAS SENT
HONG KONG TELNO 31 OF 19 JANUARY.
FROM STUART.
IMPORTATION OF WILD LIFE FROM CHINA.
1. AS YOU KNOW IN DECEMBER THE BBC BROADCAST A RADIO PROGRAMME ENQUIRY BY PATRICIA PENN ON THIS SUBJECT. THE PROGRAMME DEALT BOTH WTH CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN HONG KONG, BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEY ARE KEPT AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY ARE SLAUGHTERED, AND MTH THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION TO CERTAIN IMPORTED SPECIES. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF LETTERS AND ENQUIRIES FROM MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MINISTERS' CONSTITUENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
2. WE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING WITH MR ROYLE THE LINE TO TAKE IN REPLY TO THESE ENQUIRIES. OUR INFORMATION IS BASED ON NICHOLS LETTER TO THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER DATED 26 JUNE 1973, ON NOTES PROVIDED FOR RIDDELL-SWAN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WHICH
SS KELLY BROUGHT BACK FROM HONG KONG AND ON RIDDELL-SWAN'S LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN DATED 5 DECEMBER 1973. NO FINAL SOLUTION WAS REACHED
ND WE SHALL HAVE TO SUBMIT AGAIN TO MR BLAKER EARLY NEXT WEEK. 3 THE ONLY FIGURES WE HAVE SEEN ARE THOSE GIVEN IN NICHOLS' LETTER TO THE APA QUOTED ABOVE. THESE SUGGEST A SIZEABLE TRADE. ALL BIRDS (EXCEPT FOR GAME BIRDS) AND MOST OF THE ANIMALS INCLUDED IN THIS TRADE APPEAR TO BE CONSERVED WITHIN HONG KONG ITSELF. SOME, BUT NOT AL OF THEM, ARE LISTED IN THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN EIDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FLORA AND FAUNA AND YOU HAVE NOW BANNED AS FROM 1 JANUARY THE IMPORTATION OF THE THREATENED SPECIES LISTED IN THAT CONVENTION BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS (RESTRICTIONS OF IMPORT AND POSSESSION) ORDINANCE. AS FAR AS THE UK
IS CONCERNED WE HAVE SIGNED BUT NOT YET RATIFIED THE CONVENTION, WE DO HOWEVER OPERATE CERTAIN CONTROLS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF RARE
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