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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TEL NO 440 OF 3 JUNE.

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OUR TEL NO 439: CONVENTION ON WET LANDS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE.

1. WHEN OUR TEL UNDER REFERENCE WAS DESPATCHED WE HAD NOT THEN SEEN

ROBSON'S LETTER TO O'KEEFFE OF 27 MAY 1975.

2. ROBSON'S LETTER OF 22 MAY. TO DORST (1 C B P) MENTIONING THE POSSIBILITY OF A NATURE RESERVE AND WILD FOWL PARK SHOULD TAKE A LOT OF THE HEAT OUT OF THE PROTESTS ABOUT THE BUILDING OF AN ESTATE NEXT TO THE MARSHES. VIEWED FROM HERE IT LOOKS AS IF ANY DIFFICULTIES THAT COULD HAVE ARISEN THROUGH HONG KONG RATIFYING THE WET LANDS CONVENTION ARE NOW MUCH REDUCED.

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