Germany: Prisoners, including: Suspension of shipping service for the transport of...

FO 383/384

1918

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Suspension of shipping service for the transport of German and British prisoners during winter months.

Arrangements for more ships to carry out the repatriation of prisoners.

Numbers of prisoners sailing on transports.

Need for emergency stores for the SS Sindoro.

Train accommodation for repatriated British merchant service officers.

Complaint concerning the regulation that repatriated British prisoners should pay their fare to London.

Possibility of using a port other than Boston.

Distribution of comforts to British prisoners passing through Breda on their way from Germany to Rotterdam.

Request for the speedy repatriation of Lieutenant W A Millar, Coldstream Guards, a prisoner at Stadt Krankenhaus, on account of his injured arm which needs special treatment.

Voyage of Dutch delegates who are to negotiate a general agreement on prisoners' transport.

Arrangements with other shipping companies in order to continue the transport of prisoners.

Arrangements for prisoners arrived in Holland from Germany, to ensure they leave for the UK as soon as possible.

Minutes of meetings of the Transport Sub-Committee concerning arrangements for the repatriation of prisoners.

Cost of railway transport of British and German civilians who have been repatriated or transferred to Holland.

Need for fresh contracts for the transport of British prisoners following The Armistice.

Announcement of a date for a meeting of delegates from all nations to discuss prisoners of war and its link to Bolshevik propaganda in the camps.

Request from General Bruce for funds for the Repatriation Commission to supply shed accommodation, travelling expenses etc.

Appointment of a medical officer for prisoners arriving in Holland.

Arrangements for river transport along the Rhine.

Relief for prisoners in Germany who have left working commandos and are based in Hamburg.

Employment of Colonel Lawson in medical work.

Information regarding the prisoners coming from behind the lines and being cared for by the Army.

Expenses incurred by Mrs Bromley Davenport in connection with her visit to Holland.

Report that 14,000 prisoners are awaiting transportation in Holland.

Canadian Government proposal to send ship to collect Canadian prisoners of war.

Report of a speech by Mr Mayne, the Berlin representative of the British Red Cross, against 'Revolutionary Propaganda' by the Bolsheviks, and a speech by Mr Ledeboer appealing for support for the Bolshevik Government.

Possibility of joint action with the American Legation in the repatriation of Allied and American prisoners.

Establishment of internment camps in Denmark for repatriated British prisoners awaiting transport to the UK.

Need for transport by rail to repatriate British, French and American prisoners in Germany.

Request from the American Embassy for the names of any American soldiers still in internment camps in Germany.

Consignments of biscuits for British prisoners as provisions in camps unsatisfactory.

Warning issued to Mr Mayne of the British Red Cross not to address the prisoners on political matters.

Arrangements by the French authorities to receive and ship their prisoners and also to feed, clothe and ship American and Italian prisoners.

Discussions between Mr Abrahamson, British Red Cross representative, and Mr Erzberger, concerning the transport of prisoners.

Offer of help from Mr W G Osborne in the repatriation of prisoners.

Report on the situation at Heilsberg internment camp and request for British Red Cross representatives at remote camps.

Code 1218 File 170 (papers 114747-118621).

File 170 (pp.114747-118621).

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