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  The special position of the International Committee of the Red Cross in this field shall be
  recognized and respected at all times.
  As soon as relief supplies or material intended for the above-mentioned purposes are handed
  over to prisoners of war, or very shortly afterwards, receipts for each consignment, signed by the
  prisoners' representative, shall be forwarded to the relief society or organization making the
  shipment. At the same time, receipts for these consignments shall be supplied by the
  administrative authorities responsible for guarding the prisoners.
  PART VI EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION
  SECTION I GENERAL PROVISIONS
  ARTICLE 126
  Representatives or delegates of the Protecting Powers shall have permission to go to all places
  where prisoners of war may be, particularly to places of internment, imprisonment and labor,
  and shall have access to all premises occupied by prisoners of war; they shall also be allowed to
  go to the places of departure, passage and arrival of prisoners who are being transferred. They
  shall be able to interview the prisoners, and in particular the prisoners' representatives, without
  witnesses, either personally or through an interpreter.
  Representatives and delegates of the Protecting Powers shall have full liberty to select the places
  they wish to visit. The duration and frequency of these visits shall not be restricted. Visits may
  not be prohibited except for reasons of imperative military necessity, and then only as an
  exceptional and temporary measure.
  The Detaining Power and the Power on which the said prisoners of war depend may agree, if
  necessary, that compatriots of these prisoners of war be permitted to participate in the visits.
  The delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross shall enjoy the same
  prerogatives. The appointment of such delegates shall be submitted to the approval of the Power
  detaining the prisoners of war to be visited.
  ARTICLE 127
  The High Contracting Parties undertake, in time of peace as in time of war, to disseminate the
  text of the present Convention as widely as possible in their respective countries, and, in
  particular, to include the study thereof in their programs of military and, if possible, civil
  instruction, so that the principles thereof may become known to all their armed forces and to the
  entire population.
  Any military or other authorities, who in time of war assume responsibilities in respect of
  prisoners of war, must possess the text of the Convention and be specially instructed as to its
  provisions.
  ARTICLE 128
  The High Contracting Parties shall communicate to one another through the Swiss Federal
  Council and, during hostilities, through the Protecting Powers, the official translations of the