Carried by the neutral Swedish diplomatic exchange ship M.S. GRIPSHOLM
from NEW YORK (September 2) to MORMUGAO, PORTUGUESE INDIA.

Via RIO DE JANEIRO - MONTEVIDEO - PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA.

Rendezvous made with the Japanese exchange ship TEIA MARU on October 15, 1943.

MORMUGAO to SINGAPORE on October 21.
SINGAPORE to MANILA on November 2, arriving November 6.

Directed to Cabanatuan Prison Camp per blue crayon "#l".

Censored by "Shoda".

After the M.S. Gripsholm made it last trip on September 2, 1943, POW mail flown
by the army to Teheran for its 12,000 mile long trip to the receiving office in Tokyo.

VERY SCARCE PHILIPPINE POW MAIL CARRIED BY THE M.S. GRIPSHOLM