§ 84. Mr. Price-Whiteasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the complaints as to slow delivery of mail from home to members of the British occupation Forces in Japan; and if he will take all possible steps to secure an improvement in the rate of transmission of home mail to these Forces.
§ Mr. LawsonI do not think that there is any general cause for complaint. Owing to monsoon conditions, the average time for letter mail to reach Japan has risen from 11 to 12½ days, base to base. This cannot be improved until the end of the monsoon. Delay has sometimes occurred in individual cases through failure to write the name of the Force clearly in the address.