Germany: Prisoners, including: Prussian Ministry of War response to British complaints...

FO 383/504

1919

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Prussian Ministry of War response to British complaints regarding non-delivery of parcels to prisoners at various prisoner of war camps, including Germersheim, Hann-Münden, Wittenberg and Munster Lazarett.

Disposal of parcels intended for repatriated prisoners of war:

• Suggestion by Sir W Townley of The Hague to re-allocate parcels addressed to British prisoners to provide relief to Russian prisoners.
• Proposed role of Red Cross and Central Prisoners of War Committee in re-distribution of parcels.
• Proposal by German Post Office concerning the disposal of parcels for deceased prisoners of war.

Letter from Captain J L King regarding non-delivery of parcels at Aachen; with response from Prussian Ministry of War.

Letter from Mr G R Rice of the War Office to Mr B G Burnett Hall on a parliamentary question addressed by General Sir Ivor Phillips to the War Office on the possibility of refunding expenses incurred by relatives and friends of prisoners of war in provision of necessities of food and clothing.

Payment of compensation by British Government for sinking of Köningen Regentes steamship:

• Arrangements for payment of pensions to dependents of the crew.
• Statement from Zeeland Steamship Company providing a list of dependents with amounts payable.
• Letter from Zeeland Steamship Company containing specification of materials required for replacement of Köningen Regentes.
• Treasury correspondence and instructions regarding financial arrangements for replacement of the steamship.

Participation in German General Election of German prisoners of war held in the United Kingdom:

• Note from the German Government on the distribution of political leaflets among prisoner of war camps.

Closing of the British Section of the Netherlands Legation:

• Letter from Chevalier Van Rappard of the British Section of the Netherlands Legation in Berlin, expressing his anxiety to know when Legation staff will be relieved of duties.
• Suggested date for closing British Section of Netherlands Legation.
• Memorandum on the work of the British Section of the Legation giving details of work still to be done, listing salaries and proposing that present staff be retained.

Receipts, correspondence and telegrams from The Hague relating to local pilotage charges at Boston in connection with repatriation of prisoners of war.

General voyage accounts of the Rotterdam-Lloyd and and Zeeland Steamship companies in respect of the hospital transport service of their vessels Sindoro, Zeeland and Köningen Regentes.

Anglo-Dutch arrangements for refund of expenses of transporting British prisoners of war to Rotterdam from the German frontier.

Proposed use of German ships in the North Sea and Baltic ports for the repatriation of Russian and Roumanian prisoners.

Code 1218 Files 116 (papers 2177-end)-198.

Files 116 (pp.2177-end)-198.

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