Red Cross and Prisoners' Parcels By tlie end of December, 1912, the Red Cross Central Agency for Prisoners of War at. Geneva had despatched twenty million letters, most of them concerning prisoners of war and their families. Hs incoming mail numbered nineteen million Thus in a period of forty months, from the beginning of the war to the end of last year, the agency's postbag comprised nearly forty mil.ion items. This figure, however, does not represent the. total number of communications dealt with, since many of the letters contained several different messages and inquiries. It is interesting to note,, by way of comparison, that the central agency of the Red Cross during the 1!)!1-18 war received and despatched eight million letters.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 31, 7 December 1943, Page 7
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