PARCELS FOR PRISONERS
BLOCKED BY JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CODE IGNORED <R*c.noon.) SYDNEY, Oct. 8.. The Japanese Government has refused' to agree to any regular shipments of relief goods for prisoners of war. This was reported by Australian Red Cross officials. Japan will not allow neutral or Allied ships carrying relief supplies to sail in. Japanese-controlled waters.' Messages through Japanese radio stations constantly include requests for Red Cross parcels, and it is therefore believed that Allied prisoners, in the Far East have not been informed of Japan's refusal to co-operate. The Japanese action is entirely contrary to the international prisoner of war code.
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Evening Star, Issue 24990, 8 October 1943, Page 2
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101PARCELS FOR PRISONERS Evening Star, Issue 24990, 8 October 1943, Page 2
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