WAR PRISONERS
INSPECTION OF KOREAN CAMPS ~LONDON, May 1. The War Office, reporting on the inspection of two Japanese war prisoners’ camps in Korea last November, describes the conditions as generally emisfactory. The first camp inspected confined 77 prisoners The second housed 91. Red Cross food parcels from Nakhodka, near Vladivostock, arrived in November. _ Parcels were being distributed fortnightly to eacn nriso'ner. The average weight of prisoners increased slightly since arrival at camp. Prisoners work on comp maintenance, road consti uction, and freight unloading and receive a rest day fortnightly. The general health was satisfactory. There had been nineteen deaths since the camps opened in 1942.
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Grey River Argus, 4 May 1945, Page 6
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