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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 January 1944Vol. XIV, No. 6

Still More Police For

p. 17 · Read in the full issue

Noumea

From Our Own Correspondent

Noumea, Dec. 12.

IN addition to the numerous American shore police, and US and New Zea land military and traffic police, Nou mea is to have a corps of French (Euro pean and native) military policemen.

They will wear a tricolour brassard, with the Cross of Lorraine and the letters "PM” (Police Militaire).

The constitution of this corps will take some of the responsibility off the shoul ders of the French civil police, servants of the municipality, to whom the pre sence of Allied troops in large numbers had brought unaccustomed and often unwelcome duties. The “PM’s” will have speedy transport facilities.