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Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including: Proposed internment in Switzerland...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/357
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FO 383/357
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1917
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Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including:
Proposed internment in Switzerland of Serbian prisoners in Austro-Hungary.
Sentences imposed on civilian prisoners of war in connection with the riots at Pietermaritzburg.
Request for instructions relating to the uniform reply to be sent to relatives of civil and military prisoners interned in Great Britain and the colonies.
Accommodation for prisoners when travelling.
Interview with Slatin Pasha concerning Red Cross matters.
Lett prisoners interned in the UK.
Methods of packing parcels for prisoners in enemy countries and the UK.
Payment of compensation for damaged parcels to prisoners in the UK.
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Fund for relief of British subjects in distress in Geneva.
Proposed meeting of Russian, German and Austrian representatives at Copenhagen on prisoners of war.
Exchange of prisoners as arranged at the Copenhagen Conference.
Protocol of the Conference of Red Cross Societies at Geneva.
Geneva resolution on the exchange of fit prisoners.
Arrangements of the American Red Cross for relief of American, Serbian and Russian prisoners.
Order for 5000 tons of flour from Oakley, Sollas and Co.
Members of American Embassies in Berlin, Vienna and Constantinople suggested for Order of the British Empire.
Scheme for relief of allied prisoners.
Internment in Holland of Germans and Austrians captured on Dutch ships.
Internment in a neutral country of all tubercular prisoners.
Exchange of unwounded prisoners between Austria, Italy and France discussed at the Berne Conference.
Code 1250 Files 165494-193960.
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Files 165494-193960.
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English and French
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Open Document, Open Description
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