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Middle East – Biafra – Malawi – Vietnam – Laos – Latin America – Arab Republic of the Yemen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1969

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United Arab Republic.—Towards the end of October two visits to Israeli prisoners of war were carried out in the United Arab Republic.

The ICRC delegate in Cairo, Mr. Marcel Boisard, on 26 October, visited a wounded prisoner of war who was captured by the Egyptian armed forces in September 1969.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 9 , Issue 105: External Activities , December 1969 , pp. 665 - 670
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1969

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1 A “Collecting Point” is a camp attached to a unit of the Vietnam, US or South Korean armed forces in which all Vietnamese arrested in the course of military operations are identified. They are then either released or sent to a prisoner of war camp if the provisions of the Illrd Geneva Convention apply to them. If they are civilian detainees, they are sent to prison.