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Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including: Censorship of letters from prisoners...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/470
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This record is about the Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including: Censorship of letters from prisoners... dating from 1918 in the series Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 383/470
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including:
Censorship of letters from prisoners of war.
Constitution of the Committee on the Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War.
Employment of Mr Prichard and Percy Lubbock in the compilation of the Committee's report.
Scheme of interviewing ex-prisoners.
Effect of the Armistice on Government Committee's activities where Italian, Belgian, French and American prisoners of war are concerned.
Proclamation issued by the Zionist Society at Zurich.
Exchange of Russian and German prisoners.
Condition of Austrian prisoners in Russia.
Position of the members of the German Commission in Petrograd.
Despatch of foodstuffs, clothing and soap to Holland for Belgian prisoners.
Recognition of service rendered by neutral officials to British prisoners.
Repatriation of German and Austrian civilians.
Interned male enemy prisoners of military age.
Supply of educational and fiction books to British prisoners via a book scheme.
Return of books on break-up of British prisoner of war camps in enemy and neutral countries.
Code 1250 Files 7897-13777.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Files 7897-13777.
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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FO 383
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