§ 15. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the total amount of compensation agreed to be paid to each of the British ex-prisoners of war and to civilian internees by the Japanese; and, in view of the large amount paid to similar individual American and Canadian personnel, what representations he made to secure a larger share for British ex-prisoners of war and civilian internees.
§ Mr. Boyd-Carpenter£76 10s. 0d. to former prisoners of war and £48 10s. 0d. to civilian internees. The two sources of funds were Japanese assets in the United Kingdom, which were covered by Article 14 of the Peace Treaty, and the United Kingdom's share of money paid over by Japan under Article 16 of the Peace Treaty, together with proceeds of sale of the Burma Siam railway. Representations could not affect the former figure under Article 14 which was a pure question of fact; the Article 16 money was allocated by the International Red Cross in accordance with the number of prisoners taken by the Japanese from each of the participating countries.