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"Proposal : Transfer of Loxodonta africana from Appendix II to Appendix I of the Convention. whilst permitting the commercial trade in the Ivory stocks of this species which have already been exported out of their countries of origin before 9th October 1989) in accordance with the CITES Ivory Control Procedure. Trading in the above stocks will be subject to strict controls as stipulated in the CITES Ivory Control Procedure but exempted from the restrictions under Resolution Conf. 5.11 adopted in the fifth Conference of the parties to the Convention,

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Locking forward to meeting and discussing with you further this issue on 31st August 1989.

Yours sincerely,

(M.K. Cheung )

for Director of Agriculture & Fisheries

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Secretary General,

CITES Secretariat,

Switzerland.

Secretary for Economic Services

(Attn: Mr. Ambrose Lee)

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