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I should record that the Prime Minister told the Foreign Secretary tonight that she thought we ought logically to vote in support of Hong Kong in the current dispute over the treatment of existing stocks of ivory. At the most we should abstain. It would go entirely against our principles on property and the undesirability of legislation with retrospective effect, as well as our duty to look after the interests of Hong Kong, to vote for a complete ban on trade in these stocks. She asked the Foreign Secretary to convey this to the Secretary of State for the Environment.

I am copying this letter to Roger Bright (Department of the Environment).

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