Saigon Natives Gave All Help To Prisoners of War
Rec. 6.45 p.m. New York, Aug. 27. The Associated Press correspondent, Mr. Relman' Morin, who has returned by the evacuation ship Gripsholm, in an interview said that there were a^bout 2000 Australian war prisoners at Saigon. While their conditions were frankly not good they were probably better off than any others in the Orient. When the Australians came ashore from Malaya Singapore natives wept at the sight. The Australians, emaciated and weak from under-nourishnient, were placed in an open field in the dock area. The Australians were doing dock work when Mr. Morin saw them. They were ctill wearing their army shorts and bats and appeared cheerful and looked like troops working in a camp. Mr. Morin said an interesting circumstance was that the natives tdok a leading part in organising relief for the Australians but the French people enthusiastically co-operated; contributihg fruit, medical supplies, money, pipes, razors "diid other much-needed items.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1942, Page 3
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