PRISONERS HELD BY JAPANESE
EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH MAIL SERVICE (P.A.) WELLINGTON. April 29. The Postmaster-General (the Hon. P. C. Webb) announced that information received from Britain indicated that proposals had been made to the Japanese Government for the establishment of a mail service to prisoners of war and interned civilians in Japanese hands. Without the agreement of the Japanese Government letters could not be forwarded to Japan or Japan-ese-occupied territory. “It is understood, however, that everything possible is being done to obtain the agreement of the Japanese, and as soon as a mail service is established an announcement will be made. In the meantime, no advantage is to be gained by writing to prisoners in Japanese hands. Even the International Red Cross is not in a position to send correspondence on.’’
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23625, 30 April 1942, Page 6
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