Many Germans Are Still In Russian Hands
Received. Thursday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 13. The Russians were holding nearly 2,000,000 dennan prisoners of war who should have been repatfiated by Janu ary 1, says the British United Press Berlin eorrespondent. The figure is based on recent tabulation from announcements in Russian war coinmuniques of the number of Germans takeja prisoner. The total'captured, according to comimnniques, was 3,730,995. The records at the Four Ppwer Repatriation' Uommftsion in Berlin show that up to March 1, 1948, only 1,252,395 had been repatriated. The British made an allowance of half a million Austrians and forexgn- 1 ers in the German' arm^, ' j
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 January 1949, Page 5
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