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nations agreed in principle to the exchange of such
information. The Committee thus considered the
matter decided, and therefore applied to the German
government for permission to visit their camps for
Russian prisoners. After receiving the permission of
the German government, several visits were made to
these camps. The permission to visit these camps,
however, was withdrawn by the Germans because
the Russians did not reciprocate. !
The Russian Red Cross informed the Committee
that it had been assigned by its government the task
of organizing an official information bureau for
prisoners of war. This bureau would receive and
provide all the necessary information, take care of
mail and parcels, and collect the possessions left by
fallen soldiers.
At that point the Committee was very hopeful
that an exchange of information would start.
In accordance with the agreements made, the
Committee received from the German government
the first list of Russian prisoners in Germany, and
forwarded this to the information bureau in Moscow.
Receipt was aknowledged and the Russians informed
the Committee that they, for their part, would make
out lists of prisoners in Russia. These prisoners
would also be permitted to correspond with their
families.
During the course of the years 1941 and 1942 the
Committee also received lists of Russian prisoners
held by Romania and Finland. These lists, containing
millions of names, were forwarded to the Soviet
government. However, little by little the lists of the
Russian prisoners stopped arriving as the govern-
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