GERMAN GIFTS TO BRITISH FLIERS RETURNED
(10 a.m.) BERLIN, Dec. 9. British airmen, aided in the last few months by airmen from Australia and New Zealand have flown nearly 11,000.000 miles and delivered 139,285 tons of supplies into Berlin since the air-lift began on June 28, seven have been killed.
The long list of gifts sent to British airmen tells plainly of the appreciation of the Germans themselves for "operation plain fare" as the British part of the air-lift is officially known. It includes hand-carved amber prayer beads. Ming vases, carved jade, porcelain and chinaware, silver, paintings and mementoes of every conceivable size, shape and colour. All except inexpensive gifts like flowers are returned with a note of thanks to the donor but residents of Berlin’s Western sectors and the Western zones of Germany continue to send presents every day in increasing numbers. *
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22816, 10 December 1948, Page 5
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