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FOR RED CROSS COMMITTEE (P.A.) Wellington, Feb. 18. The following communique has been issued bv the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva: “The New Zealand Government agreed on October 20 to the appointment of Di. Leon Boasharct, mining engineer, a Swiss citizen living in Tararu, as the delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross in that country. After having received this announcement *he International Committee 0! the Red Cross delegate! Dr. Boashardt to visit the camps of prisoners of war and of civilian internees in New Zealand and to ascertain whether the stipulations of the Geneva Convention of 1929 were being carried out in regard to prisoners. The committee was very gratified to learn that the New Zealand Government was readv to lend every assistance to Dr. Boashardt with a view to facilitating the mission which has been entrusted to his care.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 41, 19 February 1943, Page 3
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