Mr. Rushford
USHFORD
HONG KONG:
ONG
CONFIDENTIAL
$2
Reference.....HKK 24.3/548/1.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. Thank you for your Minute of 20 July.
2. I should be grateful for your opinion on whether there is any legal basis for the Burmese view that a master of a ship picking up distressed persons at sea is entitled to expect that the authorities at his next port of call will be prepared to admit such persons.
2.F. Mill
D F Milton
Hong Kong Departmant
23 July 1976
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