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a case of military necessity may be, for example, when military operations could be hinderedthrough the blocking of means of communication by large consignments of relief supplies. 38010.23.3.1 Separation of Books From Other Relief Supplies. Parcels of clothingand foodstuffs may not include books. 381 Books should be separated because the time requiredfor censorship of books would likely delay the distribution of other relief supplies. 38210.23.3.2 Medical Supplies in Relief Shipments. Medical relief supplies shall, as arule, be sent in collective parcels. 383 This rule is meant to ensure that medical supplies can beadministered by the camp doctors and not by the internees themselves without medical advice. 384However, this rule would not prohibit, in exceptional cases, for example, special medicationbeing sent from family members to an internee. 38510.23.3.3 Special Agreements Concerning Relief Shipments. The conditions forthe sending of individual parcels and collective shipments shall, if necessary, be the subject ofspecial agreements between the Powers concerned, which may in no case delay the receipt by theinternees of relief supplies. 38610.23.3.4 Collective Relief for Internees. In the absence of special agreementsbetween parties to the conflict regarding the conditions for the receipt and distribution ofcollective relief shipments, the regulations concerning collective relief that are annexed to theGC (GC Annex II) shall be applied. 387380 GC COMMENTARY 454-55 (“The Detaining Power may only limit the quantity of shipments for reasons ofmilitary necessity. This should be understood to mean cases where operations may be hindered through theblocking of means of communication by large consignments of relief supplies. In that case, the Protecting Powerand the relief societies must be notified; the societies must indeed be able to regulate the frequency of consignmentsthemselves and thus avoid perishable goods being held up. In the case of the Protecting Power, the notification is toenable it to discuss whether the restrictive measures are justified; as the military operations develop, the measures inany case must only be temporary and can be justified only by exceptional strain on transport or communications.”).381 GC art. 108 (“Parcels of clothing and foodstuffs may not include books.”).382 See GC COMMENTARY 455 (“Parcels of clothing and foodstuff must not contain books, so that they will not bedelayed for censorship, … .”).383 GC art. 108 (“Medical relief supplies shall, as a rule, be sent in collective parcels.”).384 GC COMMENTARY 455 (“[M]edical supplies, as a rule, will only be sent in collective parcels. It would, indeed,be dangerous to let the internees themselves decide what medicaments to use. For preference they should only beused on medical advice.”).385 GC COMMENTARY 455 footnote 2 (“‘As a rule’ was inserted [into the GC] because it was not wished to prohibit,as an exceptional case, the inclusion in a family parcel of a medicament required because of the state of health of therecipient and which might not be included in collective medical relief.”).386 GC art. 108 (“The conditions for the sending of individual parcels and collective shipments shall, if necessary, bethe subject of special agreements between the Powers concerned, which may in no case delay the receipt by theinternees of relief supplies.”).387 GC art. 109 (“In the absence of special agreements between Parties to the conflict regarding the conditions for thereceipt and distribution of collective relief shipments, the regulations concerning collective relief which are annexedto the present Convention shall be applied.”).698