WAR PRISONERS
LETTERS AND PARCELS Letters, postcards fend parcels may be sent free of all postal charges to prisoners of war in enemy or neutral countries. Letters must not contain information that might be of use to the enemy, nor is reference to naval, military, economic or political matters permitted. Pictures of any description are prohibited, and although cigarettes aro among the many items which must be excluded from parcels, relatives may forward bars of chocolate. Instructions in communicating with prisoners of war have been issued by the Air Ministry, and sent to relatives in New Zealand of members of the Royal Air Force known to be interned. The instructions advise that the form of address should include the Air Force number, rank, initials and name, the British prisoner of war number, if known, the camp number or place of internment, and the country. Parcels containing food, except bar chocolate, cannot be sent to British prisoners in Germany by relatives or friends. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23738, 19 August 1940, Page 9
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162WAR PRISONERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23738, 19 August 1940, Page 9
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