TNAG-1955-FCO40-2784-Trade-of-rare-and-endangered-species-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 116

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Mr Green

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PS/Lord Caithness

PS/Secretary of State

I attach

CC Mr Folland

Mr Holroyd, FCO

draft reply for Ms Bush to send to Mr Powell (PS/PM)S three letters of 20 June. I also attach three draft

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replies for Mr Powell to send to the three Hang Mod

Kong ivory

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traders who wrote to the Prime Minister about the effects of the recent ban on the import of ivory into the European Community the ivory trade in Hong Kong.

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if an

The draft replies, which are virtually identical, touch on question of the fate of existing legal stocks of ivory, international ban on the ivory trade is Conference of the Parties to CITES. commitment other than to consider all the

agreed at the next The letter makes no

arguments,

Jan

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I G Muchmore

DRA 2d

Tollgate House Bristol

29 June 1989

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