HC Deb 04 August 1947 vol 441 c116W
Mr. Bartlett

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why letters addressed to British subjects care of the British Embassy in Tokio are opened by the U.S. Military Censor of Civil Mails.

Mr. Mayhew

All civil mails to and from Japan are handled by the Japanese postal authorities who must deliver them before transmission to the Allied censorship authorities for examination. These regulations are not applicable to diplomatic or forces mail.

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