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Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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Howard F. Bresee to Steven John Owens, May 26, 1944

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  • provides for, or even contemplates, the exchange of able-bodied prisoners of war. The War Department realizes fully the gravity of the position of prisoners held by the Japanese and will continue to make every possible effort to solve this problem, which in the final analysis pending complete military victory, is dependent upon securing an agreement from the Japanese Government j RELIEF TO PRISONERS OF WAR - A committee composed of representatives of the Department of State, American Red Cross, Foreign Economic Administration, Navy Department, Post Office Department, Bureau of Censorship, and the War Department has been working continually in an effort to secure an agreement with the Japanese Government for the regular shipment of relief supplies to American prisoners of war and civilians interned in Japan and its occupied territories. To date, the Japanese Government has refused to grant safe conduct to any non-Japanese vessel to move in Japanese controlled waters, and has refused further to send any of its own vessels to neutral areas in order to pick up relief supplies for our nationals, except on the two occasions of the Gripsholm voyages when relief supplies were carried in addition to exchanged civilians. The United States Government is continuing to press for such an agreement with all possible force. BENEFITS TO CERTAIN DEPENDENTS OF MISSIN'G CAPTURED OR INTERNED PERSONNEL - Public Law 490, 77th Congress, as amended, makes certain provisions for the support of dependents by allotments from pay of persons in active service who have been officially reported as missing—missing in action, captured by an anemy, or interned in a neutral country. In general, the act provides for continued payment of allotments previously made by the persons for the support of his dependents or for payment of his insurance premiums and for increased or new allotments when necessary for such purposes. All such payments are charged against the pay of the missing persons. INSURANCE ALLOTMENT AND WAR BONDS—ARMY - Questions regarding life insurance provided by the United States Government should be directed to the Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C. Those pertaining to allotments that cannot be handled by the local chapter of the American Red Cross should be directed to the Office of Dependency Benefits, 213 Washington Street., Newark, New Jersey. Questions concerning war bonds should be directed to the Centralized Field Offices, Finance Department, 366 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois. NAVY - Dependents of the United States naval personnel who have questions concerning pay status, pay accruals, allotments, family allowance, ratings, determination of the next of kin, United States Government insurance, pension, etc., should address their letters to the Casualties and Allotments Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Arlington, Virginia. MARINE CORPS - Inquiries concerning pay, retirement pay, and war bonds should be directed to the Paymaster, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. Inquiries concerning family allowances and allotments under Public Law 490 should be.directed to the Officer in Charge, Casualty-Dependency Allowance Division, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. Inquiries concerning emergency addressee should be addressed to Commandant, Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. PARCELS - 'Parcels can hot be sent to the prisoner of war camps in the Orient at this time due to restrictions imposed by the Japanese Government. When and if such restrictions are lifted and it is possible to send parcels, a parcel label will be issued to the next of kin without application permitting the shipment of a prisoner of war parcel. CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS - It is requested that next of kin keep the Prisoner of War Information Bureau advised of any change of address, giving the full name of the prisoner of war. PRK0RER OF WAR ifirORMATION BUREAU By HOWARD F. BRESEE, > Colonel, C. M. P. Revised April 1944
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