Turkey: Prisoners, including: Supplies for prisoners of war in Turkey: Proposals...

Turkey: Prisoners, including:

Supplies for prisoners of war in Turkey:

• Proposals of Red Crescent Society for distribution of supplies to British prisoners.
• Letter (in French) from the Netherlands Legation in Constantinople expressing thanks to the Director of the Anatolian Railway Company and enclosing a list (in English) of supplies sent to British prisoners working on the Baghdad railway line.
• Complaints by prisoners at Angora prisoner of war camp, regarding unsuitabililty of thin cotton clothing sent by Netherlands Legation: letters from Sergeant Hailett and Private Windust.
• Letter dated 9 February 1918, from Mrs V H Elton of Berkshire regarding shortage of food supplies for officer prisoners at Changri and Kedos prisoner of war camps.
• Note by the Netherlands Legation with a list of items required by Indian prisoners at Eski-Shakir prisoner of war camp.
• Extracts from reports by recently repatriated prisoners concerning the arrival of parcels in Turkish prisoner of war camps.
• Requests from Angora prisoner of war camps for boots and blankets.
• Letter from Corporal R Pickstock of the 14th King's Hussars, on the refusal of the commandant of Angora prisoner of war camp to issue prisoners with clothing.
• Letters from the Ladies Emergency Committee of the Navy League on problems regarding new arrangements for delivery of supplies to British prisoners of war in Turkey, and requesting a return to former arrangements.
• Report on conference at the War Office dated 26 April 1918, regarding supplies for British prisoners of war in Turkey.
• Report of the British Prisoners of War Relief Committee (Turkey) for 1917, dated 1st March 1918, enclosing a list of articles supplied to prisoners of war.
• Letter dated 10 March 1918, from Miss E D Cushman, an American resident in Konya, reporting that Indian prisoners of war sell the clothing and boots received from England and do not seem particularly needy.
• Correspondence on arrangements for packing and transporting supplies.
• Minutes of Central Prisoner of War Committee meeting dated 29 June 1918 on the despatch of parcels by sealed trucks to Turkey and Bulgaria.
• Note from the Austro-Hungarian Government providing an explanation for the suspension of parcel deliveries to British prisoners in Turkey.
• Correspondence on proposals for delivery of relief supplies by a neutral ship.
• Correspondence (in French) relating to steps taken to correct abuses by Spanish Consulate at Aleppo in regard to the service performed for British prisoners.
• Proposed agenda for interview between Slatin Pasha and Mr P D Agnew, Director of the Central Prisoners of War Committee, on relief arrangements for British prisoners in Turkey.
• Afion Kara Hissar Gazette, dated 20 August 1918: extracts from letters of prisoners of war regarding delivery of supplies.
• Minutes of a meeting held at the Prisoners of War Department, House of Lords, dated 23 September 1918 and correspondence relating to the purchase of clothing in Constantinople for British prisoners.
• Note informing Mr P D Agnew, Director of the Central Prisoners of War Committee, of the inability of Slatin Pasha to travel due to his serious illness.
• Correspondence relating to the arrangements for delivery of thousands of delayed parcels intended for British prisoners in Bulgaria and Turkey.
• Letter dated 26 September 1918, from Mrs Enid Rifai, wife of Lieutenant Hassan Rifai of Broussa prisoner of war camp, expressing concern over the impact of the suspension of mail deliveries on prisoners of war and asking for help regarding her husband's near starvation and the financial hardship of her family.
• Letter dated 28 October 1918, from Mr P D Agnew, on planned adoption of a scheme proposed by Vice-Admiral A H Christian for delivery of relief supplies of food and clothing.

Code 1244 File 684 (to paper 116180).

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