“…In consequence, Government has placed the whole population on minimum rations; supplies are uncertain and irregular and with the exception of the daily bread ration of 150 grams of bread, which hitherto appears to have been everywhere maintained, the rations actually obtainable often fall far short of the rations allotted on paper. …”

“…Unlike the civil population, each refugee receives his rations free of charge. And as he is unable to supplement them by purchase and much less able than the native population to supplement them by scouring the country, his rations are fixed at a higher rate (roughly 250 grams in weight and reckoned at 2 pesetas a day) and are more regularly issued. …”

“…In this problem there is no room for counsels of perfection, and it is imperative that the refugee ration should bear some real relationship to what a member of the civil population secures under his Government's ration supplemented by what he can get by hook or by crook otherwise. …”

“…1938-11-03 032-0199-006 - 5 - In short, the refugees are a category apart, clearly differentiated, numbering anything from 2,400,000 to 3,000,000. 8. The rationing of the Army is conducted separately under Army control. …”