3 Jan 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2012-11-17 23:16
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Mon, 3 Jan 1944
News from 49,000 Far East captives
A further batch of about 49,000 postcards and letters from prisoners of war and civilian internees in Japanese hands has reached Britain within the last few days and been delivered.
Approximately 56 per cent, of the mail came from camps In Thailand (Siam), and about 15 per cent, from Java and Sumatra, the remainder being from camps In Japan, Hong Kong, occupied China, Korea, Formosa and Burma.
Source: Daily Mirror, page 2
