The Wedding Officer

Part Two

FEBRUARY 1944

“…The main effort must, however, be directed against hoards in the hands of farmers and black market operators. This problem has been discussed at length, but, with the exception of sporadic efforts in various provinces, no positive general vigorous action has been initiated. The position indicates that the matter is now one of the gravest urgency.”

Memo, AMGOT headquarters, 15 October 1943