28 May 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 00:54

Margaret Watson, Deputy Chairman of the International Welfare Committee, issues a notice confirming that the recent margarine issue was communal not individual. The IWC is clearly having problems: two days ago it posted a notice complaining that some internees had sold products issued to them as welfare - only 'one or two' cases had been reported, but 'anything of the kind cannot be too strongly deprecated'.

Source;

MacNider Papers, 'Court/I.W,C./Rumours', 45

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