Item FO 383/214 - Spain and Portugal: Prisoners, including: Advice from the Admiralty on the transfer of the German...

Spain and Portugal: Prisoners, including: Advice from the Admiralty on the transfer of the German prize crew of the SS Westburn from Tenerife to Spain. Enquiry about the issue of pay to Lieutenant G V Bridgewater by the Spanish Government during his internment in Spain. Detention of the Portuguese subjects Mr Marquis and Mr F Bandeira in the Cameroons by the German authorities. Arrival at Bilbao of German officers and crew from German ships requisitioned by the Portuguese authorities at Lisbon. Transfer of German prisoners from St Vincent to Lisbon on the SS Orita. Request by Professor Kleine, a German doctor from the Cameroons interned in Spain, for assistance from the Surgeon General, Sir David Bruce, in securing his return to Germany; certification by Sir David Bruce of a photograph of Professor Kleine. Presentation to Don Antonio Ibancos of a gold watch in recognition of his services in saving twelve British soldiers from the SS Woodfield. Recommendation by the Admiralty for the transfer of the crews of captured German ships from St Vincent to Portugal; confirmation that the prisoners had been removed to a camp in Terceira in the Azores, and that the German and Austrian consuls had been sent to Lisbon. Reports of interned German officers in Zaragoza wearing their swords and military uniforms, including (German language) articles from El Noticiero. Request from Heinrich Pechner, the German Vice Consul at Beira, for assistance from the American Consulate in Cape Town in obtaining his release. Authorisation by the Spanish Government for the provision of one million pesetas to fund the expenses of internment of enemy subjects in Spain. Carl Ladendorff, a German subject interned in Madrid: permission for him to return to Germany for health reasons. Request by Assyrian Lebanese prisoners, interned on the island of Bissau in Portuguese Guinea, to be accorded the same rights as Assyrian nationals in British colonies. Repatriation of missionaries and other German subjects from the Cameroons interned in Spain, and arrangements for their safe conduct; enquiry from the Reverend Thomas Rhodes about the eligibility of the missionary Franz Johannus Sieber for military service if repatriated to Germany. Internment of German troops and Cameroon nationals employed by the German army at Fernando Po, including: Proposed repatriation of the Cameroon nationals, and proposals for the transfer of the German troops to Spain. Undertaking by the French Government that the Cameroon nationals would not be penalised in the event of their repatriation. Notification to the Spanish Government of stores of ammunition and rifles held by the German troops at Fernando Po, and concern about a possible coup. Interview with the Spanish Ambassador regarding the German troops in Fernando Po. Missions of the Fathers of the Society of the Divine Word in Portuguese East Africa. Arrangements for the release of Lieutenant Yates, a wounded British officer in exchange for a German prisoner of similar rank. Includes brief biographical details of six wounded German officers and warrant officers. Escape of twenty German prisoners from internment camps in Spain, with a list of the escaped prisoners (in docket no.233627). Code 1241, code 1936 Files 54422-233627.

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