DELAYS IN TRANSIT
MAILS FROM GERMANY IMPROVEMENT SOUGHT (10.80 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 80. ’The British Post Office states that military operations on the Continent nave necessarily nact a disturbing effect on the prisoner-of-war man services to ana front Germany as tnese formerly relied on the German air service for tne conveyance ox letters between Germany and .Lisbon, me liberation of France naturally made it difficult for the Germans to maintain this air service.
wnue it nas been possible to find other more direct routes for outward letters by botn air ana surface to Germany and these services haw intis been maintained without appreciable breaks and, generally, with improved efficiency, tne maintenance oi the homeward service has been more difficult, and the gaps in the arrival in Britain of letters nave bee-; much longer. The problem continues to be tackled energetically and it is noped that there will be an early improvement. Meanwhile, delay in tne receipt of letters should not give ■ ise to undue anxiety.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21549, 31 October 1944, Page 3
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