TNAG-2130-FCO40-3045-Hong-Kong-and-the-ivory-trade-1990 — Page 67

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 589

OF 16064OZ FEBRUARY 90

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YOUR TELNO 361: HONG KONG AND THE IVORY TRADE

1. THE IMMEDIATE OBJECT OF OUR REQUIREMENT FOR POSSESSION LICENCES FOR COMMERCIAL STOCKS IS ESSENTIALLY SO THAT WE KNOW WHICH TRADER OWNS WHAT QUANTITY OF IVORY AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IVORY IS COVERED BY VALID CITES PAPERS AND MAY THEREFORE BE EXPORTED. WE DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF ANY IVORY FOR THIS PART OF THE EXERCISE AND HAVE NOT, THEREFORE, GIVE ANY PRIORITY TO ENTERING SUCH INFORMATION INTO THE DATA BASE.

2. WE CAN, HOWEVER, IDENTIFY THE COUNTRIES OR ORIGIN OF THE 358 TONNES OF IVORY SUPPORTED BY CITES PAPERS. THESE STOCKS HAVE BEEN IMPORTED SINCE 1979 FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ·

BOTSWANA

✔ETHIOPIA

S.W. AFRICA (NAMIBIA)

✓ CENTRAL

✓ IVORY COAST SOMALIA

AFRICAN REPUBLIC

UGANDA

✓TANZANIA

~ CONGO

KENYA

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

ZAIRE

✓CHAD

GABON

SUDAN

ZAMBIA

✓ CAMEROON

✓ MOZAMBIQUE

ZIMBABWE

✓ MALAWI

WE CANNOT AT THIS STAGE MATCH THE SIZE OF STOCKS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.

3. AS REGARDS IMPORTS FROM SUDAN WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT ALL IMPORTS ARE COVERED BY VALID CITES EXPORT PERMITS ISSUED BY THE SUDANESE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.

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