BIGGEST OF THE WAR
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
Rec. 10.50 a.m. BERNE, Jan. 16. Switzerland is making possible the biggest exchange of prisoners of the war. The total includes 1357 Germans, 2500 wounded British, Americans, and South Americans, and also German civilians from the United States and Mexico, and Americans from Germany. The first trainloads from Germany and France are due at Kreuzlingen on January 17.
The British and American Legations have instructed Allied correspondents not to attend, for security reasons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 14, 17 January 1945, Page 4
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80BIGGEST OF THE WAR Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 14, 17 January 1945, Page 4
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