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Germany: Prisoners, including: Food parcels for German prisoners of war: British...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/503
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This record is about the Germany: Prisoners, including: Food parcels for German prisoners of war: British... dating from 1919 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 383/503
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Germany: Prisoners, including:
Food parcels for German prisoners of war:
- British proposal to prohibit the import into Canada of food parcels for German prisoners of war.
- British effort to gain support of French and Italian Governments in the prohibition of food parcels imported from Germany and Austria.
- Note from the Italian Government concurring with British proposal to prohibit food imports.
- Telegram from Sir George Grahame to Earl Curzon deprecating proposed measure to prohibit food imports unless it is of genuine material interest to Allied Powers.
Repatriation of German prisoners of war, including:
- Arrangements to transport civilians who were formerly inhabitants of German East Africa.
- Repatriation of interned civilians from Samoa held in New Zealand.
- German Government proposals for repatriation of civilians and invalid combatants from the colonies.
- Report recommending release of German prisoners of war of Danish origin with a view to reducing the number of prisoners of war in British custody.
Request by German Commission at Spa to assign German doctors and nurses to prisoner of war camps in Allied countries.
Letter to Swiss Legation regarding the transmission to Berlin of the effects of deceased German soldiers.
Effects of deceased British soldiers received through the Netherlands Legation.
Report by Sapper L Murphy of the Royal Engineers on the Prisoner of War Post Offices at Wahn and Limburg a/Lahn, Germany; contains request for War Office permission to publish.
Delivery of parcels to prisoners of war after Armistice, including:
- Note from German Government stating non-availability of transport facilities for distribution of personal parcels.
- German Government communication stating that parcels for repatriated prisoners are consigned to Help Committee and Red Cross representatives and enquiring whether British Government will employ this system for civilian and military prisoners of war in the United Kingdom.
- Report of the British Help Committee regarding the receipt of parcels at Crossen prisoner of war camp.
- Delivery of letters and parcels to Hameln, Friedrichsfeld and Parchim prisoner of war camps.
- Printed copy of British Army Council instructions on agreement reached with the German Government regarding undeliverable parcels for prisoners of war.
Code 1218 Files 52-116 (to paper 2123).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Files 52-116 (to pp. 2123).
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Open Document, Open Description
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