711.94114 Mail/31: Telegram
The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 6—4:40 a.m.]
6936. American interests Japan. Department’s 2396, September 30. Japanese Foreign Office informed Swiss Legation, Tokyo, provisions paragraph A Legation’s 5303, August 27, applicable all POWs Japanese hands. Term “Japanese territories overseas” covers Korea, islands of Formosa, Sakhalin and those [in the] South Sea; also province Kwantung.
Names POWs and civilian internees communicated by Japanese Information Bureau always accompanied indication camp. If for technical or other reason camp address incomplete, correspondence should bear “prisoner of war (or civilian internee) care of Japanese Red Cross Society”. Persons having exact address writing “care of Prisoners of War Information Bureau” may so continue without inconvenience.