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YOUR TELNO 3064: IVORY PQ'S

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MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SPEEDY RESPONSE ON THESE 9 PQ'S. ARE HAPPY WITH MOST OF THE REPLIES BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR

SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE FOLLOWING:

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ACCORDING TO REPLIES GIVEN TO MR BANKS ON 23 JULY, IN REPLY TO TWO QUESTIONS OF HIS (SERIAL NUMBERS 2803 AND 2831) THE AMOUNT OF IVORY AVAILABLE FOR TRADE LOCALLY WAS PUT AT 468 TONNES WHICH WAS ALSO SAID TO BE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL COMMERCIAL IVORY STOCKS KNOWN TO BE IN HONG KONG AS AT 7 JULY 1990. SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN EXPORTS OF ONLY 59 KG BETWEEN 7 JULY 1990 AND 17 JULY 1990, AND NO EXPORTS SINCE THEN, THIS FIGURE DOES NOT TIE UP WITH THE FIGURE OF 463 TONNES SET OUT IN YOUR PROPOSED

REPLY TO QUESTION SERIAL NUMBER 3231. GRATEFUL FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS DISCREPANCY.

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IN YOUR PROPOSED ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION YOU STATE THAT AS AT 17 OCTOBER 1990 THERE WERE 985 POSSESSION LICENSES HELD BY 870 COMMERCIAL IVORY STOCK HOLDERS. HOWEVER IN OUR REPLY TO QUESTION SERIAL NUMBER 2812 ON 23 JULY 1990, WE SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF POSSESSION LICENSES ISSUED TO HOLDERS OF COMMERCIAL IVORY STOCKS IN HONG KONG WAS 879 AS AT 7 JULY 1990. GRATEFUL

FOR AN EXPLANATION AS TO THE DIFFERENCE IN FIGURES.

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ON A GENERAL POINT, WE NOTE THAT ALL REFERENCES ARE TO ''COMMERCIAL' IVORY STOCKS, EXPORTS OR POSSESSION LICENSES. WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR AN UP TO DATE READOUT ON THE POSITION

REGARDING POSSESSION LICENSES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MORE THAN 5 KG OF IVORY.

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GRATEFUL ALSO IF YOU WOULD ADVISE US HOW MUCH IVORY WAS

EVENTUALLY EXPORTED DURING THE PERIOD OF THE RESERVATION.

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AS WE NEED TO MAKE THESE REPLIES BEFORE THE END OF THIS

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