World Battlefronts, PRISONERS: Comparatively Satisfactory

Allied prisoners of war at camps in Yokohama and Shishagawa were visited last week by a Tokyo representative of the Red Cross. Conditions: "Comparatively satisfactory." Rations: chiefly rice, with some bread, vegetables and fish. Health: some prisoners were suffering from tropical diseases; "medical treatment is handicapped by a lack of medicaments."

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