U.S. PRISONER IN KOREA

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27073, 23 June 1953, Page 6

U.S. PRISONER IN KOREA

LETTER RECEIVED IN INVERCARGILL

(New Zealand Prt>?~ Association) INVERCARGILL, June 22. An American prisoner of war—a lieutenant imprisoned in Korea since November, 1950—has written the first letter of thanks received by the prisoner-of-war monitoring service of the New Zealand Radio DX League. His letter, addressed to an Invercargill member of the league, was stencilled with the sender’s address “P.O.W. camp, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, care Chinese People’s Committee for World Peace, Peking, China.” First-lieutenant Armando Arias, of San Pedro, California,' says: “Know that we are all appreciative of your services and wish to convey our hearty thanks.”

Describing conditions in camp, he says—“ Our captors provide us with the necessary shelter and clothing and adequate nourishment, so that we find ourselves generally in good health. During the past winter we have been provided with a nice club room where we have at our disposal several games and activities with which we may amuse ourselves. That is, card games, table tennis, darts, chess, checkers and so on. We also have a limited supply of books which we may enjoy and every now and then have the pleasure of an interesting and amusing stage play by our own members.”