Correspondence,
relief shipments and
authorized remittances of
money addressed to
prisoners of war or despatched by them through the
post office, either direct or through the
Information Bureaux provided for in Article
122 and the
Central Prisoners of War Agency provided for in Article
123, shall be exempt from any
postal dues, both in the
countries of
origin and destination, and in
intermediate countries.
If
relief shipments intended for
prisoners of war cannot be sent through the
post office by
reason of
weight or for any other cause, the
cost of
transportation shall be
borne by the
Detaining Power in all the
territories under its
control. The other
Powers party to the
Convention shall bear the
cost of
transport in their respective
territories.
In the
absence of
special agreements between the
Parties concerned, the
costs connected with
transport of such shipments, other than
costs covered by the above
exemption, shall be charged to the
senders.
The
High Contracting Parties shall endeavour to reduce, so far as possible, the
rates charged for
telegrams sent by
prisoners of war, or addressed to them.
