https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/1063436d05cb537e8940338045a83875.pdf 2a573af34b9a9585d1af5686ad5b738f PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loisur I'acces a 1'informatiorr 4 DEPARTM ENT O F EXTERNAL AFFAIR S, CANADA. (DUPLICATE) NUM BERED LETTER ^TO: FROM: S ECRET S e curity: NDER-SECRETARY O F STATE FO R ERNAL AFFAIR S, O TTAW A, CANADA. No: O ffice of the H igh C om m issioner Da te: for C anada in Australia, C anberra. Re fe re nce : S ubje ct: Re pla ce me nt of 60 Indfa 'b ° January 14, 1954. Enclos ure s : O ur l etter N o. 500 of D ecem ber 51 * Air 19'53V 14 or S urfa ce Ma il*. P os t File No.- Field Am bulance U nit in Korea. Ottawa File No. Re fe re nce s With re fe re nce to pa ra gra ph 4 of our le tte r unde r re fe re nce , the De pa rtme nt of Exte rna l Affa irs ha s now re porte d tha t the Aus tra lia n High Commis s ione r in New De lhi ra is e d the que s tion of the s upply of a nothe r Fie ld Ambula nce Unit in Kore a with the S e cre ta ry-Ge ne ra l of the India n De pa rtme nt of Exte rna l Affa irs on J a nua ry 4th. The que ry wa s made during a n informa l ta lk. The S e cre ta ry-Ge ne ra l s a id tha t the Gove rnme nt of India ha d give n no thought to the ma tte r. He s ta te d tha t a de finite re ply could be give n only by the P rime Minis te r hims e lf a nd s uch re ply would de pe nd on whe the r Mr. Ne hru cons ide re d tha t the re curre nce of hos tilitie s wa s due to S outh Kore a or North Kore a . Eve n if it we re due to North Kore a the S e cre ta ry-Ge ne ra l doubte d whe the r India would re pla ce the pre s e nt Fie ld Ambula nce Unit which will re turn to India a s s oon a s the Cus todia n Force re turns . 2. Inte rna l C irculation The Australian H igh C om m issioner form ed 3. a clear im pression from his conversation w ith the Indian Secretary-G eneral that i tw ould be w ise to plan on the assum ption that there w ould be no Indian Am bulance U nit available in the event of a recurrence of hosti l i ti es. (Sgd.) W .A. Irw in O ffice of the H igh C om m issioner. Dis tribution to P os ts l Ext. 182C(Rev.2 /52) 000456 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDKW00681 Title A name given to the resource CDKW00681 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Korean War - Reaction by Canada," RG24-B-1-a, vol. 20811, 7-10-5, part 3, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Korean War Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en