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Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including: Supplies for Russian prisoners of...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/351
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- FO 383/351
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including: Supplies for Russian prisoners of war in Germany. Supplies from America for prisoners in Germany, Austria and Russia through the Danish Red Cross. Parcels for allied prisoners. Sale of margarine to the Oeuvre Internationale. Leather for repairing boots of Russian officer prisoners in Germany. Supplies for Serbian prisoners. Tinplate required by the Danish Red Cross for prisoner of war supplies. Clothing for destitute Belgians in Germany. Export of flour to Switzerland by the Russo-Jewish War Prisoners Fund. Purchase of bacon in Denmark by Russian Red Cross. Conference on supplies for prisoners. Cocoa and milk for French prisoners of war. Statistics of monthly supply of food to Russian prisoners in Germany. Biscuits from America for Russian prisoners in Germany and Austro-Hungary. Flour for the Oeuvre Internationale in Holland. List of charitable societies in the USA for sending parcels to allied prisoners. Mr Harte's scheme for providing food for allied and enemy prisoners. Amounts of foodstuffs required for Russian prisoners of war. Organisations for the relief of Belgian prisoners and the total cost. Meeting to discuss the question of provisions from America for prisoners. Sugar from Holland for Russian prisoners. Temporary measures for supplying American prisoners in Germany. Parcels for prisoners which cannot be delivered. Simple medicines for prisoners in Germany. Purchase of food required by the Relief of Belgian Prisoners in Germany Fund. Cod liver oil and condensed milk for prisoners in Germany care of the Crown Princess of Sweden. Remade boots for the Franco-Belgian section of the Bureau de Secours. German regulations about parcels of food to non-interned individuals. Activities and scope of the Russian Prisoners of War Help Committee. Dutch herrings for prisoners in Germany. Food for prisoners from the British share of the Dutch export. Control of supplies of food and clothing to prisoners' camps in Austria. Scheme for feeding allied prisoners in enemy countries and enemy prisoners in Russia. Effect of food from abroad on the fixed rations for prisoners of war in Germany. Winter suits for Russian prisoners of war. The Russian-Polish Prisoners of War Aid Fund. Packing of parcels to prisoners in Bulgaria and Turkey. Dutch cheese for Belgian prisoners. Food for three secretaries of the Norwegian Red Cross in Germany. Welfare of prisoners and the export of foodstuffs to Scandinavia by Germany. Code 1250 File 3060 (papers 161616-end).
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- File 3060 (pp.161616-end).
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- English and French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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