Answering a question in the House of Commons, the Secretary for War, Sir James’' Grigg, said that the repatriation of British and Italian prisoners of war was being carried out strictly in accordance with the Geneva Convention, assisted largely by the good officers of the Portuguese and Turkish Governments. When the present repatriation was completed at least 940 British and 4370 Italians would have been exchanged.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 May 1943, Page 3
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