https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/b1f81f263eb7f3a76941e5a28d576750.pdf 53051cc091d36545cedb0f49a63b1641 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information . >' DEPARTM ENT O F EXTERNAL AFFAIR S, CANADA. NUM BERED LETTER TO Mm . OFFICE .OF. THE .HIGH. G0MIS5J.QN.ER ... f o r . .omm,. '.om m t,*. S e curity: Reference;.. lour. le tte r. No.... 5.QPfl. P .f. J 3e .Qenftpr.31, 1953.: Subject:.. .R-e pla ce me nt. of. .60. .India t. .Fis ld.......... ....... .Ambula nce .Unit. in. Kor.e a .............................. S ECRE.T.... Dr^2.;............... ; No: FRO M : THE UNDER-SECRETARY O F STATE FO R EXTERNAL AFFAIR S, O TTAW A, CANADA. (DUPLICATE) Date: k>.. Enclos ure s :.; Air or S urface Mail: Pos t File No: Ottawa File No. Re fe re nce s W e have taken up w ith the D epartm ent of . N ational D efence the question raised by the Australian • D epartm ent of External Affairs concerning the .. possibility of C anada providing a, fi el d am bulance i n Korea to replace the Indian fi el d am bulance should hosti l i ti es break out again, or.i f C anada could not provide the f ul lfi el d am bulance, w hether i tw ould contribute personnel to an integrated C om m onw ealth fi el d am bulance. The C hairm an, C hiefs of Staff in a l etter dated January 27 m ade the follow ing com m ents: 2. "At pre s e nt the Ca na dia n me dica l contribution to the Commonwe a lth force s in Kore a is one fie ld a mbula nce , a fie ld dre s s ing s ta tion.> a fie ld s urgica l te a m a nd a fie ld tra ns fus ion te a m. This : re pre s e nts the gre a te r pa rt of the me dica l s e rvice of 1s t Commonwea lth Divis ion. In vie w of this it is the opinion of the Chie f of Ge ne ra l S ta ff, with which I a gre e , tha t Ca nada ha s made a s ufficie nt contribution of me dica l units to Kore a , a nd tha t, the re fore , we s hould a cce pt no furthe r me dica l commitme nt.” Inte rna l Circula tion W illyou please inform the Australian authorities that the C anadian m ilitary authorities regret that they are unable to accept any. further m edical V com m itm ent in Korea. 3. (S gd.) Be nja min Roge rs for the Acting Unde r-S e cre ta ry of S ta te for Exte rna l Affa irs Dis tribution to P os ts Ext. 181C(Rev. 2/52) ) I 000438 � 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 CDKW00694 Title A name given to the resource CDKW00694 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