BRITONS IN PARIS
2000 STILL WITH LIBERTY QUESTION OF EXCHANGES (Official Wireless) (Received Feb. 6, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 5 Two thousand British subjects are still living at liberty in Paris. This was revealed by Mr R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, when replying to a question in the House of Commons today. “ They are able to obtain from the United States Embassy sufficient cash up to £lO a month to enable them to obtain modest board and lodging,” Mr Butler added. After mentioning International Red Cross arrangements whereby a 24word message may be sent by people in Britain to relatives in occupied France, Mr Butler said that althougn the matter was being kept very much in mind there were grave difficulties in the way of any arrangement for an exchange of German women in British hands for British women in German hands.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19410206.2.71
Bibliographic details
Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 6 February 1941, Page 8
Word Count
144BRITONS IN PARIS Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 6 February 1941, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in