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OUR TELNOS 2399 AND 2568: YOUR TELNO 1849: HONG KONG AND THE

IVORY TRADE.

WE ARE AT PRESENT FOLLOWING UP FOUR LINES OF APPROACH IN OUR EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT TRADE IN EXISTING IVORY STOCKS IN HONG KONG CAN BE

CONTINUED

(A) BY DRAFTING A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSALS ALREADY SUBMITTED BY SEVERAL PARTIES TO TRANSFER THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT FROM APPENDIX I

TO APPENDIX II OF THE CONVENTION:

(B) BY PREPARING A DRAFT RESOLUTION (PARA. 1(B) OF FIRST TUR) FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH CITES SECRETARIAT AND DOE:

(C) BY APPROACHING OUR PRINCIPAL IVORY EXPORT MARKETS THROUGH OUR TRADE OFFICES SEEKING THE RE-OPENING OF THEIR MARKETS TO EXISTING

STOCKS: AND

(D) BY GIVING SERIOUS ATTENTION, TOGETHER WITH THE IVORY TRADE TO THE PROBLEM OF STOCK CONTROL.

2. DAF HAS ALREADY HAD OPENING DISCUSSIONS WITH OFFICIALS AND CONSERVATIONISTS IN WASHINGTON AND OTTAWA. HE WILL BE PAYING SIMILAR VISITS TO DOE, (BRISTOL), BRUSSELS AND THE CITES SECRETARIAT IN LAUSANNE LATER THIS MONTH AND TO TOKYO IN MID-SEPTEMBER.

3. WE WILL BE FAXING COPIES OF THE VARIOUS PAPERS CONNECTED WITH 1(A), (B) AND (C) TO DOE AND TO HKD ONCE THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. IN THE MEANTIME, ANY GUIDANCE AND ADVICE (PARA. 6 OF FIRST TUR AND PARA 2 OF SECOND TUR REFER) WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

4. IT SEEMS KEY TO US TO ENSURE THAT OUR STOCK CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE SUFFICIENTLY COMPREHENSIVE TO SATISFY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT NO NEW IVORY CAN ENTER HONG KONG AND BE PASSED OFF AS OLD. TO

THIS END WE ARE:

2399 Porn 6

Para

2568 Parn 2

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