WAR PRISONERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 May 1943, Page 3

WAR PRISONERS

GOOD REPORT ON ITALIAN CAMP SOME REQUESTS BY MEN. MORE LISTS RECEIVED FROM JAPAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Prisoner of War Inquiry Office has received from the International Red Cross a cabled report on PG 129, which was visited only last month. The report states that the camp is situated in a healthy region which should be safe from bombing. The sanitary arrangements, clothing, food, health and medical attention are satisfactory, although there is a lack of cigarettes in the canteen. Religious services are held regularly. Intellectual needs are attended to and discipline is stated to be good. Mail arrives very slowly. The only requests from prisoners are for New Zealand sports news and full-size hats.

A further list of information concerning persons in Japanese-held territory and also a revised list containing approximately 3,300 names of civilians in Japanese hands, have circulated to all Red Cross and St. Johr centres and can be inspected at headquarters. " r Special requests are made for copies of letters from Oflag 78. Stalag 8B and any other camps where prisoners have written since Christmas.