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POWs who are to be moved must be identified and listed before departure, and both theNational POW Information Bureau and the POWs themselves officially notified in advance, sothat they can pack their baggage and inform their next of kin. 9149.38.3 Personal Property. On repatriation, any articles of value impounded from POWsunder Article 18 of the GPW, 915 and any foreign currency that has not been converted into thecurrency of the Detaining Power, shall be restored to them. 916 Articles of value and foreigncurrency that, for any reason whatever, are not restored to POWs on repatriation, shall be sent tothe National POW Information Bureau set up under Article 122 of the GPW. 917POWs shall be allowed to take with them their personal effects and any correspondenceand parcels that have arrived for them. 918 The weight of such baggage may be limited, if theconditions of repatriation so require, to what each POW can reasonably carry. 919 Each POWshall in all cases be authorized to carry at least 25 kilograms (approximately 55 pounds). 920 Theother personal effects of the repatriated POW shall be left in the charge of the Detaining Power,which shall have them forwarded to him or her as soon as it has concluded an agreement to thiseffect, regulating the conditions of transport and the payment of the costs involved, with thePower on which the POW depends. 9219.38.4 POW Accounts and Financial Matters. POW accounts should be addressed inaccordance with Article 66 of the GPW. 922In addition, the Powers concerned should make arrangements concerning advances ofpay, compensation payments, and remittances. 923913 Refer to § 9.22.5 (Posting of Convention and Camp Orders).914 Refer to § 9.29.3.1 (Notification of Transfer).915 Refer to § 9.7.4 (Money and Articles of Value).916 GPW art. 119 (“On repatriation, any articles of value impounded from prisoners of war under Article 18, and anyforeign currency which has not been converted into the currency of the Detaining Power, shall be restored tothem.”).917 GPW art. 119 (“Articles of value and foreign currency which, for any reason whatever, are not restored toprisoners of war on repatriation, shall be despatched to the Information Bureau set up under Article 122.”).918 GPW art. 119 (“Prisoners of war shall be allowed to take with them their personal effects, and anycorrespondence and parcels which have arrived for them.”).919 GPW art. 119 (“The weight of such baggage may be limited, if the conditions of repatriation so require, to whateach prisoner can reasonably carry.”).920 GPW art. 119 (“Each prisoner shall in all cases be authorized to carry at least twenty-five kilograms.”).921 GPW art. 119 (“The other personal effects of the repatriated prisoner shall be left in the charge of the DetainingPower which shall have them forwarded to him as soon as it has concluded an agreement to this effect, regulatingthe conditions of transport and the payment of the costs involved, with the Power on which the prisoner depends.”).922 Refer to § 9.18.6.4 (Statements of Credit Balance on Termination of Captivity).923 GPW art. 67 (“Such advances of pay, as well as all payments made by the said Power under Article 63, thirdparagraph, and Article 68, shall form the subject of arrangements between the Powers concerned, at the close ofhostilities.”).639