TNAG-1954-FCO40-2783-Trade-of-rare-and-endangered-species-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 110

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Mr Plant

Legal Advisers

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Reference....

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IVORY TRADE : STOPPING (AND SEARCHING) OF SHIPS

SEAR

1. I attach a copy of an extract from the Lords Hansard Juki in column 940 of which you will see that Lord Glenarthur undertook to look into a question from Lord Stanley of Alderley about whether HM ships may stop vessels which are believed to be carrying "illegal" ivory. I should be grateful for your advice on the legal aspects of this question, for incorporation into a prospective draft reply from Lord Glenarthur.

Grateful your response in time for us to put a draft into Lord Glenarthur's box on 15 June.

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Don's M

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DJ Barton

Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department

WH MZ 12

270 2638

12 June 1989

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