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Mr Brenton

Mr Slater

PS/Mr Waldegrave

IVORY TRADE INFORMATION PROJECT

PROBLEM

FROM: J Ivins

ESED

DATE: 22 June 1990

cc: Mr Fairweather

EAD

HKD

1.

Should Mr Waldegrave send a message of support to Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton in connection with his proposed

Ivory Trade Information Project (ITIP)?

RECOMMENDATION

2.

I recommend that Mr Waldegrave should do so and attach a

draft letter. EAD, HKD, the ODA, DOE and HM Customs and Excise agree.

BACKGROUND

3. Our High Commission in Nairobi wrote to EAD on 6 March

reporting an approach by Dr Douglas-Hamilton (an African