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YOUR TELNO 826 AND 827 OF 20 APRIL (IVORY)
1. WE ARE WORKING ON THE RESPONSES TO BANKS' LATEST PQ'S.
2. REGARDING YOUR 827 TUR, THE SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO THE THREE POINTS MADE IN YOUR PARA 2 ARE :
(A) THE INFORMATION WAS SOUGHT AND RECORDED ON THE BASIS OF THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS ANY COMMERCIAL QUANTITY OF IVORY IS REQUIRED TO TAKE OUT A POSSESSION LICENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6 OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) CAP. 187 AND SECTION 2(AAC) OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) (EXEMPTION) ORDER 1989. COPY OF THIS FOLLOWS BY FAX.
(B) THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED WHILE NOT SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR IN CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN TREATED IN CONFIDENCE THROUGHOUT. THE TRADERS INVOLVED WOULD EXPECT NO LESS.
(C) THE INFORMATION IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
3. WE WOULD MAKE THE POINT THAT THE INFORMATION WAS SOUGHT TO ALLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CONTROL MEASURES AND THAT THE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN ON THIS BASIS. WHILE THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION OF UNAUTHORISED DISCLOSURE ON AGGREGATE FIGURES, BANKS IS ASKING WHAT HOLDINGS TWO INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES HAVE REGISTERED. WE CONSIDER THAT RELEASE OF THESE FIGURES RELATING TO THE TWO COMPANIES WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE
SINCE :
(A) HAVING USED THE INFORMATION IN ESTABLISHING OUR CONTROLS A THIRD PARTY NOW WISHES US TO REVEAL THAT INFORMATION FOR A PURPOSE OUTWITH ANYTHING CONCERNED WITH OUR OBJECTIVE: AND
(B) DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION COULD POSSIBLY BE OF COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGE TO OTHERS.
4. AFTER CONSULTING OUR LEGAL ADVISERS, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT
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