Issued by the Information Offlce of the United Nations Force In Cyprus No. 40Third Edition

Wedne'sday, 19th January 1966

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Assembly line ... REDUCTION

UNFICYP COSTS RUNNING AT TWO MILLION DOLLARS PER MONTH:

5,000cut

Report

three-month period.

Great Britain also inform­ed U Thant that she wouldmaintain her contingent inCyprus at its present strengthof some 1,000 men until 26March - end of the threemonth extension granted tothe Force by the SecurityCouncil when it met :Lastmonth.

Costs of UNFICYP operati­ons have amounted to sometwo mllllon dollars a monthsince it was set up in March1964.

and forty officers and men.The ,approximate revised

strengths of the three above­mentioned contingents is:

• Danish - six hundredand fifty.-

• Finnish - eight hundred• Swedish - seven hundred

and fifty.The strength of the remain­

ing UNFICYP contingents re­main unchanged, and the to­tal revised strength of theUnited Nations Force in Cyp­rus, including Civilian Policeand CiviHans is approximate­ly five thousand and fifty.

BRITAIN TO MAINTAIN1,OOD MAN CON'rINGENT

Mr. Or'han Eralp, Perma­nent Representative of Tur­key to the United Nations,sent a letter to the Secretary­General on 4 January with ,acheque for $50,000 coveringthe pledge made last Decem­ber by Turkey of a furthercontribution to the operation­al costs of UNFICYP.

On 14 January, the UnitedKingdom infonned the Sec~

retary-General that sheWould make a further con­tribution of one million dol­lars toward the upkeep ofthe Force during the new

Between Saturday, 15 Janu­ary and Tuesday, 18 J;anuary,approximately three hundredand fiUy officers men of theDanish Contingent and twohundred officers and menof the Swedish Contin­gent Were repatriated, Thecombined reductions of thesethree contingents amount toapproximately seven hundred

THE strength of the United Nations Force in Cyprus hasbeen reduced by seven hundred Clnd forty officers and

men in aacordlance with the Observa:tions in the Secre­tary-General's Report to the Security Council on UNFICYPdated 10 December 1965 (See Blue Beret, 22 Decem,ber 1965,P.2).

The Finnish Contingent ofUNFICYP was reduced by ap­proximately two hundred of­ficers and men during a par­tial rotation which took placebetween 28 and 31 Decemberl,ast year.

UNFIC YP strength down toas Scandinavian Contingentsback in line with S-G's

threefurther contributions

States:I SRAEL. Turkey and the

United Kingdom aremaking additional contribu'tions to the expenses of theUnited Nl1tions Peace-Keep­ing Force in Cyprus.

On 4 J,anuary, the actingPermanent Representative ofIsrael to the United Nations,Mr. Joel Barromi, sent a let­ter to the Secretary-General,U Thant, informing him of hisGovernment's decision to ma­ke a contribution of $10,000further to 'a similar amountcontributed by Israel last Qc-

tobeor.

Group's base stares in Nicosia.

Private Nobby Clarke (Ie·ft) and

Corparal James O'Keefe, both of

Headquarters Company, 5th Irish

Infantry Group assembling a

Vickers Machine Gun at the

EXPERT ISCALLED ,INTO STUDYEFFECTS OFOILEMBARGO

RHODESIA:

Continued page eight

T HE United Nations :Lastweek requested Mr. WaI­

ter Levy, a United States oiland petroleum expert, to­make a study of the variouseconomic aspects of the oilembargo now in effectagainst Rhodesia.

The oil embargo was oneof the steps called for by theU.N. Security Council to endthe rebellion of the white mi­nority regime of Mr. IanSmith in Rhodesia.

At a meeting of Common­wealth Prime Ministers inLagos, Nigeria, last week,the British Prime Minister,Mr. Harold Wilson, said hefelt convinced that full sup­port for his Government'soil embargo and other san­ctions would result in a spee­dy fall of the Smith regime.

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MORE DANISH NEWS AND

piOSON Ii'AOIlifG PAGE.

Sammen med AB.holdet ankomforrige Tirsdog et Iille hol-d er­statningspersonel. I geleddet op­dagetc den altid vaogne DAN­CON-fotograf en mand med enguitar. Det er ~15 P.M.B. v.Kohl. Han kommer fro Den kon­gelige Livgorde og er elle15journaliist. Bcrode velfoerdtjene­sten og pressetjenesten stiller

store forventninger til den nyan­komme.

Noar det i saa mange baegerhaevdes, at den danske kongedeltag i festen, skyldes det far­modentli:J, dels usikkerhed ompraeds hvornaar middagen fandtsted, de Is at en kroen ike beretter,at der var iolt fem konger tiJstede ved festen, ag endeligtilstedevoerelsen of det ubenyttedelejdebrev.

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fornemme

S·aa vidt vived reiste ValdemorAtterdag fro Donmark i Oktober1363. Fro Pommeren tog han tilPolen, hvor han i Krakow, sam­men med Kong Peter of Cypern,bivaonede Keiser Carls bryllupmed El isabeth og de i den anled­ning afholdte turneringer OJandre festligbeder. Fro I<rakowgik rejsen videre, farmentl,ig iselskob med det nygifte kejserporag Kong Peter, tll Prag. Eftsr herat hove afsluttet visse farhaAd­linger med kejseren forlad Voide­IT\ar Prag for i selskab med KongPeter, der, amend forgqeves,forsoegte at overtale ham til at'deltoge ':i Clet paatoenkte korstag:at b$give sig "oVer Kaeln tilFlandern. Det hor herefter V,Oe!et

Et senere maleri der nu haengerpaa Londons boers viser situ­otianen. Hallen hvori middogenholdtes er festligt udsmykket medvaabenskjolde, og blandt dissefinder vi agsoa det donske.

og mange andrepersoner.

Det fortael ies, at der blevspillet terning og hasard vedfesten, og at Kong Peter i foersteomgang vandt, men senere tabtehan 50 mark til bargmesteren.Kong Peter vor ikke nogen godtaber,' og for ikke at fornaermeden farnemme gaest maatte borg­mesteren betale kangen pengenetilbage.

NEWS IN DANISH

D E fl:este boeger om Cyperns historie beretter, at Kong PeterI af Cype'rn under en rejse til England i 1363 var til middag

hos Londons borgmester sammen med bl. o. kongen af Danmark.Dotte maa bero paa en misforstoaelse, for Vald.emar Atterdag varikke i England poa dette tidspunkt,

Kong Peter, der regerede fro Valdemars hensigt at rejse til1359 til 1369, havde et braen- England, far han havde udbedtdende oenske om at generabre sig og faoet et den 1 FebruarJerusalem men han havdee ikke 1364 udstedt lejdebrev far sig adpenge 0:J 'styrker nak til alene at sit foelge paa 300 personer. Menstarte et korstog. 1 Oktober 1362 uvidst of hvilken grund blev detsejlede han derfar fra Cypern for ikke benyttet.has paven ag Eurapas konger ommuligt at skaffe den fornaednestoette til sit forehavende. Aaretefter naaede han til England, ogdet var her, at han blev inviterettil middag has Londons bor~·

mester, Henry Pieard. Blondtgaesterne var ogsao Englandskange, den fronske og denskatske kange, prinsen of Wales

Valdemar Atterdag komikke til middag i London

MEN TRAF KONGEN AFCYPERN I KRAKOW OG PRAG.

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lnd imelten kampen mod AB os en kamp· ;;'od et tyrttiskmilitaerhold er det ossao Iykkedes inden reduktionen at fao afvikletturnering~n imeHem kompagnierne. Finalen spilledes Loerdogformiddag mellem A-kompagniat og C-kompagniet. D-kompagnietvandt med 3-1 og selv om A-kompcrsniets holdleder efter kampenudbragte et "Iaenge leve" for sejrherrerne breY D-kompagnietsamme crften det fe-erste offer for reduktionen. Her ses de topreelleve fro Delta med moolmanden og holdlederen, loejtnant K. E.Kristensen j midten mod sajrens trofoe.

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U~der hensyn til de saerlige Ori!staendigheder har '':;;:;;t'rCYP,dispenseref' fra reglen am crt FN-medaillen foerst uddeles efter tremaneders tjeneste paa Cypern. Alle der' ramtes af reduktionen'fik lI\edaillen" inden. hjemrejsen. VeC! en parade pa "moaten"haeftede chafen' for DANCON, oberstloejtnant" E. Larenzen medail­len pao brystet af chefen for' ,E.kompagniet, major F. ,Andersen. ' .

Tak for kampen. De to holdledere, loejtnant K. E. Kristensenfar DANCON og Niels Yde for AB, veksler haandtryk efter kampenpaa Nicosia Stadion forrige Onsdag. Det blev en 3-1 seir til AB,men DANCON-haldet ydede god mod stand og foerte med 1-0ved halvleg. Loejtnont Kristensen bliver maoske snort klub­kammerat med Niels Yde, idet han har planer om efter sinhjemsendel~e at melde sig ind i AB.

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Lt.-Col. C. V. Carlson, Com­mander 2nd Canadian Guardsand Major WaIter Conrad, Of­ficer Commanding the RoyalCanadian Dragoons' Squadronin Cyprus.

They also visited the Cana­dian manned observation postsin the Kyrenia district.

Brigadier Phillips, afterwhom Fort Philllps was nam­ed,. presented ninety-seven UNCyprus medals to officers andmen of the RCD Squadron lastWednesday.

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T HE Colonel of the RoyalCanadian DrRgoons, Bri­

gadier I-I.A. Pl1illips, OBE,CD, and the CommaIl(ling Of­ficer of the Regiment, Lt.-ColW.1."E., Fiullll, CD, arrivellon Monday, 10th January, fora week-long visit to the Ca­nadian Contingent of the UNForce in Cyprus.

During their stay, BrigadierPhillips and Lt.-Col. Finanmet with Brigadier Wilson,acting Force Commander;Colonel J. L. Drewery, Com­mander Canadian Contingent;

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BRIGADIER PHILLIPS

Wednesday, 19th January, 1966

CANADIAN CONTINGENT NEWS

DANCON News

PICTURED ABOVE: The Colonel of the Royal CanadianDragoons, Brigadier H. A. Phillips, inspech members of the Regimentserving at Fort Phillips, Nicosia. TOP RIGHT: The inspectionwas folfiowed by a medal presentation parode, when BrigCldierPhiJlips presented UN Cyprus service rnedols to ninety-seven officersClnd men of the Recce Squadron, RCD. BEllOW RIGHT: Rothercramped quorters for the Brigadier Os he shClres the cupola ofLieutenant M. D. Kennedy's Ferret scout cor during a convoy escortduty on the Nicosio - Kyrenia road.

Den foerste donske gudstjeneste i den graesk-orthodoxe- St.Georgs Klrke fik et meget smukt og fe-stllgt forloe-b, og kirken varfyldt til sidste plads. Dat Iykkedes ikke for presseoffic:eren at faCldet amerikanske fjensyn til at "daekke" begivenheden, men UnitedPress International havde sendt deres fremragende fotograf Georgesder Parthogh tH kirken, og det er medhClns ve-nlige tilladelse at vibringer dette billede af pastor Per ChristjQnsen foron kirkensguldne iconostasi••

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ATOFFIyou 1one ifragnUnitecreasof iTheSEed 11JCookl-aUnitestaniscree:

AMOnG the rotationswithin the United Na­

tions Force in Cyprus thereis one that rarely makes theheadlines: that of the civili­an personnel with the Force.

There are approximatelY 60United Nations civilian staffmembers serving with theForce. They have been detail­ed here fro·m different UnitedNations departments and of­fices either at U.N. Head­quarters in New York or fromU.N. offices and missionsscattered throughout theworld.

Most U.N. staff membersdetailed to the Force remainhere for approximately sixmonths, ,although some stayon longer. UNFICYP being atemporary, short-term mis­sion (regul:ated by periodicdecisions taken by the UNSecurity Council on thelength of its duration), it cannot be staffed on a more orless permanent basis.

At present, there havebeen a few changes on theciviliJan staff with UNFICYP.

Mr. Albert De Lauro, whohad been serving as UNFI·CYP Chief Administrative Of­ficer for the last ten months,left last week for New Yorkto return to his post of Chief

IVILIAN UNFICYPERS. There are approximately 60 civilian~embers working with the .United Notions Force in C!prus. It is not easy 10In one spot at anyone time. But shown above IS most of the civil'UNFICYP Headquarters with Mr. Carlos Bernordes, Special Represenla;?"General, and Brigadier A. J. Wilson, UNFICYP Chief of Staff now a(~r:~h~ 9

Rotations that ra'rmake headlin'

operations of the United Na­tions) .

Mr. De Lauro came to Cyp.rus following the suddendeath of Mr. Fr'a!1k Begley,who had been servmg here asCAD until the time of hisheart-attack.Mr. Patrick W. Beirne, Admi­

nistrative Officer of the Of­fice of the Controller at UNHeadquarters, has arrived· inCyprus to tal,e over the du­ties of CAO of the Force Ascan well be guessed from hisname, "P,addy" Beirne comesthe land of the shamrocks:Ireland.

The new CAD is not a newface with UNFICYP, as heserved as Chief Finance Of­fice and peputy CAO withthe Force during its earlyformative siJages - fromMarch to July 1964.

Mr. Beirne has been a UN(or UN Family) staffer since1951 when he joined the In­ternational Civil Aviation Or­ganization (la specializedagency related to the UnitedNations) as accounts officerin ICAO's technical assist­ance progDamme in Montreal.

In 1957, he was transferredto the UN Technical Assist­ance Board where he servedas Administrative Officer.Later, in 1959, he was givenhis first peace-keeping assig­nment as Chief Finance Of·ficer of the United NationsEmergency Force in Gaza. In1962, he took over as Admi­nistrative Officer of the UNOffice in Beirut where hestayed for one year. After abrief stay at UN Headquart­ers, he joined UNFICYP forhis first tour of duty. In bet­ween UNFICYP assignments, UN. po5he served as Administrative dUtlng JOfficer of the Office of the at UHFlController at UN HeadquiB.rt- Force al

'Paddy' Beime 'ers. Welcome back to Cyprus For t

of the Peace Forces' Adminis- Paddy.. ' millbr'ltrative Section of th Off Leavmg Cyprus - and the are eof General Servic s e Ice Force - this weel" is Mr. lie pur

"AI" however e 'will AlesSJandro Corradini (of Ita- CYP t1

tinue 'to be in' c~n- ly), who has been attached Mln Jl

his UNFICYP :~uc~ WIth to UNFICYP since September Officer!his New York POS/i~ndi~ectfS 1964 as a. ~ol~tical Officer. the. Fmrelated to the ad i . t l' y ~r: .Corradml IS· one, of the malOoperation of th mFillS ra re cIVlllan staff members who man.well as other p~ace~~ce i as have s;erved longest with the

eep ng Force m Cyprus.

ABOVE: Members of the 5th

Irish Infantry Group at Nicosio

Ahport board the 'plane which

took them on tour of the Holy

Land and Lebanon. BEllOW:

Private Damien Calinen, of Athy,

County Kilda re', finds a novel way

of getting about in Jordan.

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After nearly twenty, yearswith the centurion tank,ideas must change when theSquadron take over the 14/20th Hussars' Ferret ScoutCars and during the lastmonths In Bahrain ail sparetime was given to conversiontraining so that no time willbe wasted on arrival in Cy­prus.

Last year saw 'A' and 'B'Squadrons alternating betweenAden and Bahrain whilst 'c'Squadron were detacted inHong Kong. In Bahrain, 'A'Squadron tanks were loadedaboard a Landing Ship Tank,18.nd the crews spent longperiods afloat in the PersianGulf.

In 1940, the Regiment whichhad exchanged its horses forlight armoured cars only twoyears before, fought in the re­treat to Dunkirk. They return­ed to France in Cromwell tallltsshortly after 'D' Day and fo­ught through Normandy tofinished the War in Schleswig­Holstein. A long period ofservJce in the oceupatlon Armyfollowed tlll a year in Koreabrought a further taste ofactive service. Then, stlllequipped with Centurion tanksfirst issued to them in 1941,the Regiment served in Egypt,trained young soldiers in Cat­trick Camp in Yorkshire, wentback to Germany for anothe:rlong spell of six years and in1963 and 64 :returned to En­gland to form part of theStrategic Reserve.

Among the party in ScoWsAntartic Expedition of 1912was a Captain of the 6th In~

nisl\lJling Dragoons - Law­rence Edward Grace Oates ­who, strucl{ by the most dread~ful frostbite and almost com~

pletely crippled, stumbled outinto the blizzard to die ratherthan impede the progress ofother members of the eKpedi~

tion. The date was st Pa~

trick's Day and each year theRegiment observe Dates' Sun­day with a commemorationservice held on the nearestSunday to st. Patrick's Day.

BRITISH CONTINGENT NEWS

The list of Battle Honoursborne on the RegimentalStandard starts with 'Elen­heim', 'Ramillies', 'Oudenarde','MalpJaquet', denoting. distin­guished service by the 5thDragoon Guards under theDuke of Marlborough duringthe War of the Austrian Suc­cession. The last two Hono­urs, 'The Hook' and 'Korea1951-52' being earned onlyfourteen years ago, when theRegiment did its first speliof duty with a United NationsForce.

'A'squadron of the 5th Ro-yal Innisliilling Dragoon

Guards, Commande(l by MajorG.M.G. (Mike) Swindells, aredue to fly in to Cyprus withintbe ne"t few days and will betaldllg over from •A' SquadronU/20th I\:iug's Hussars atZyyi.

Major Swindells arrived onlOth Jan with Captain P.G.(Patrick) Brooldng, and anadvance party under CaptainW.A. (Andy) EVl1ns havebeen worldng since mid-De­cember to make arrangementsfor reception of the mainbody on 21st and 27th Janua­ry.

The Regiment from whichthis Squadron is drawn, is theresult of the amalgamation in1922 of two old and distinguish­ed Cavalry Regiments; the 5th(Princess Charlotte of Wales)Dragoon Guards and the 6thInnisldlling Dragoons.

Th'e 5th Dragoon Guardswere raised in 1685 underCharles, Earl of Shrewsburybeing first known as ShI'ews­bury's Horse and later as the'Green Horse' because of thecolour of their facings; thedistinctive green throusersworn by present day membersof the Regiment owe theirorigin to this connection. TheInniskllling Dragoons wereraised in 1689 In the town ofEnnisldllen in Northern Ire­land.

REGIMENT DUENEW CAVALRY

THIS WEEK

These are stillova liable atUNFICYP HQ

Any UNFICYP Contingentwho wishes to borrow this28-minutes .film can obtainit on loan from Mr. L~is :rvro- In the years between, dist­reno-Verdin, Force Prmclpal Inguished action by both Re­Information Officer, Wolseley giments are remembered tooBarrackS. (Tel. 77061, Ext. 13· b~ a Drum Major's Staff, cap-_ or 76291, Ext. 236). tured by the 5th Dragoon Gu-

• • • ards at Salamanca In 1821, The Reglm,ent is equally. which Is carded on all Regi~ well known for its successes fnRemember: 29 J,anuary IS t

h · h th w mental Parades. Lae year was the field of sport and unitsthe date on w lC e ne the 150th Anniversary of theWFUNA (World Federation Battle of Waterloo,. at which of UNFICYP can look for­of United Nations Associ- the Inniskllling Dragoons took ward to meeting keen competi-ations) commemorative Istamp issue will be placed part In the decisive cava ry. tion from the new 'A' Squad-on sale. Force philatelists c8;n charge. Both HRegimeBntls ron In cricket, football, basket-

. H t btam charged with the eavy r ~contact U Mm an 0 0 gade at Balaclava in 1854. ball and polo.their mints.

folders:

ABOVE: The Acting Force Commander, Brigadier A.J. Wilson,presented UN Medals to members of the British Contingent servingat Force Headquarters at a ceremony held there last Thursdoy. Heis pictured above congratulating Driver Steve Dunn on his award.BELOW: The HQ UNFICYP Camp QM staff; left to right (backrow) Pte Willie Thompson, RAOC, Gnr Kevin Clarke, RA, Lcpllan Germany, RE, Lcpl Reg Cannon, RAOC, (front row) RQMS JohnSaxton RAOC Capt Pat Patrick, RAOC, SQMS Paul Woods, Royals,and g~ard do; Sandy, seated in front of Capt Patrick. This picturewas taken just prior to a changeover in which three of the staffreturned to their units.

"Control Narcotics" stampwill be 21 March this year.

•••ATTENTION WELFARE

OFFICERS. What story canyou tell on a piece of paperone inch square? How can afragment like thiat serve ~heUnited Nations cause of m­creased public understandingof international problems?These are the questions pos­ed and answered by AlistairCooke in "28 x 36 Messenger"- a 16 mm. sound film onUnited Nations postagestamps, now availaJ;>le forscreening by Force cmemas.

me 1965. - con­Is of all

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The nellIF;ncon), ILehtovirtaUI,mCyp d65 he serveHQ UNFIC'Economics.

Lt Colin Loviiso,1922; gradIinnan Lyse,Finnish MiIwas cammi!was promot,last year.

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mander in tAfter his tehe returnedChief of thlthe Regimer

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Den danska kontingenten uppgartill 650 man, den finska till 800 manoeh den svenska till 750 man.

Den svenska reduktionen genom­mrdes huvudsakligen i JordagsAllt giek i stort sett bra, trots attdet fi:lrsta planet inte kunde startafran Nicosia forran lIngef1lr etthalvl dygn efter utsatt tid. Sno­storm i BeJgrad tvingade namligenbolaget Adria att h1\lIa kvar ma­skinen, tills stormen dragit over.Det blev a11ts1\ redan fdi.n b6rjanen liten paminnelse fOr svenskarnaom vinterviidret norr i:lver. ..

I ovrigt giek allt bra, fast litetrassel med vikten var det ju litehar oeh vac. Det ordnade dockupp sig i sista stund, oeh ingenbehovde lamna kvar nagon kame!­sadel p1\ soliga Cypern.

Transportehefen, I 17-kaptenenArne Fridolfsson, hade ett harttvadygnsjobb ute pit Nieosia Inter­national Airport, och han hade ock­sa samordnat alia forberedeIsernaf5r denna ovan tade hemtransport.

De hemvandande verkade knnskeinte s1\ dar overdrivet lyckliga yidavfarden. De trostade sig i all­manliet med att det kanske finnsehans att s1l sm<'lningom kommatillbaka....

Wednesday, 19th January••

NEWS IN SWEDISH

Medaljutdellling med storiraem,mande

"Den stora reduktionen II ar liver - flir b1\de danskar, finnar och svens-kar. .

Danskarna har minskat sin kontingent med omkring 350 man, fin­narna med' omkring 200 man oeh svenskarna oeks1\ med omkring 200man. Sammanlagt har FN-styrkan p1\ Cypern redueerats med 740 manoeh raknar nu omkring 5.050, inklusive civilpolis oeh eivilanstll11d per­sonal.

Skandinaviskreduktion,UNFICYP nudrygt 5.000

Det nya arets fi:lrsta besokare pi\. bataljonen har redan anmalt sig.Det blir stor medaljutde1ning p<'llordag, oeh da fin~s troligen pa

plats bade ambassador Claes Wollin fedm Beirnt oeh ehefen [51' arme­stabens FN - avdelning i Stoekholm,oversteli:ljtnant Sten Ljungquist.

Det ar omkring 550 man i bataljon 32 C som nu star i tur att f1\ taemot FN:s Cypern-medalj efter tre manaders "oforvitlig FN-tjanst".Medaljutdelare blir fungerande Force Commander, brigadier A.J.Wilson. Han kommer flygande i helikopter till Carl Gustaf Camp iFamagusta kl 12.

Oeh i slutet av januari far den svenska Ghaza-bataljonen, somju skall sandas hem inom kort, besok av OB, general Torsten Rapp.Hans hartpressade tidsprogram medger tyvarr inte att han denna gangbesoker oeksa Cypern. Istallet flyger bataljonschefen, overste IwanHornquist, till Beirut den 1 februari f5r att pd den svenska ambassadensammantraffa med general Rapp oeh orientera honom om Cypern­bataljonens verksanthet.

3.komp.,noterade. samma tid, 13.19.Lagsegern giek till 3.komp. (Hed­

vall, furir Holm, korpral Lindblom)med 2.komp. (overfurir StiUnaeke,Arvidsson, lojtnant Jonasson) paandra plats. .

Bataljonsehefen, overste IwanHornqnist,forrattade prisutdelningefter tavlingen oeh gay oeksa envalfi:lrtjant eloge till 3.komp. oehtavlingsledaren, kompaniehefenmajor Olof Carlstrom, mr finaarrangemang.

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Stalnacke mastarei terranglopning

Fargbildefterlyses

•pa'GeneralThimayya

Del kan vara pa sin plats attlIpprepa vatten-varningen!

Vattenprover frlln eampernai Famagusta, Larnaea oeh Cha­tos har som bekant lIndersoktsyid Stalens Bakteriologiska La­boratorillm i Stockholm, oehresllltatet blev jll att valtnet ardirekt halsovi'tdligt. Det lirdarf6r enligl zonorder fOrbjLldetalt anvanda vattnet inom balal­jonens omn'lde som drieksvat­ten, innan vattnet fOrst harkokats.

Tidigare dystra erfarenhetervisaI' att det lonar sig att foljaden bestammelsen!

vattnet!KOKA

Zonmasterskapet i terrangllipningavgjordes i llirdags med start

och m1\1 vid Scala-skalnn i Larnaca.

Banan matte omkring 4 km ochgick till stor del pa ett hilrligt mjuktunderlag genom vaeker natur. Enslinga av banan fi:lljde saltsjon, darde 34 deltagarna hade deL lite be­svarligt i motvinden.

Individuellt segrade tiverfurirSlii.lnaeke, 2 komp., med tiden13.03. Andre oeh tredje man, Hed­vall oeh furir Holm, b<'lda fr1\n

Har ni en bra fargbild pa flirreForce Commander, general Thi­

mayya? Den vill i sa fall den cy­priotiska regeringen garna Una.

Arne Friberg - tar over

Kaj Karlholrn - liimnllr av

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tar over fran

Kai Karlholm

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officer:

Den nye zonpressoffieeren, somar fodd 1921, ar viii bekant medfijrhiHlandena pa Cypern, efter­sorn han tidigare tjanstgjort i sam­ma befatthing under drygt sexmdnader p<'l bataljonerna 28 C oeh30 C. Han lamnade sin befattningi augusti i fjol och eftertriider allts<'lnu sin ·eCtertradare.

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D et lir dags for vaktombyte pllposten som zonpressoffieer.

Major Arne Friberg, journalistpd Gefle Dagblad, har i dagarna,eCtertriitt major Kaj Karlholm, somi.niista veeka lItervander till Sverige

. och sirl ordinarie tjanst pll TT:s,radioredaktion i Stockholm efter

att .ha avslutat sin sexmanaders­,period med den svenska bataljonen.

Regeringen planerar niimligenatt hedra general Thimayyas minnegenom att ge ut ett siirskilt fri"marke med hans bild. D1\ manvet att general Thimayya ganskaoCta besi:lkte den svenska bataljo­nen oeh sarskilt Carl Gustaf Campi Famagusta har man vant sig tillsvenskarna med en siirskild for­frllgan om man frdn svensk sidakan skaffa ett bra fargfoto p<'l den

'Deo' avgdende zonpressofficeren' bortgdngne generalen.• "tackar fi:lr all 'god hjiilp i pressjob-' .

bet under den g1\njPla sexmA.naders- AlIa de fotograferande svenskar­.perioden oQ1l onskar Arne ~riberg; ,na bor ·alltsA. titta efter bland sinahjll.rtligt Viilkommen tillbaka' och -,:' "fiifgfotos. Jr<'ln general Thimayyaslycka tiU' ~ . - .' beS6k; -, .

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NEWS IN FINNISH

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"DAILY MIRRORII CROSSWORD.

ACROSS:- 1. Dress (5), 5. Laths (5), 9. Subject (5),10. Not glossy (31. 11. In many oases (5). 13. Torment(5), 15. Outstanding (5). 16. Pale (3). 17. Description(4), 18. Group of geese (6). 20. Youngster (3), 21. Silly(6), 24. Cease (4), 27, Important (3). 28. Suppose (5).

29. Onward (5), 31. Swill (5), 32. Meal (3). 33. Wrath..

fUl (5), 34. Consumed (5). 3~. Avian homes (5) .. DOWN:­1. Amphibians (5). 2. Quadruped (5). 3. Swindle (5). 4.

County (41. 5, Ship's .progress (3-3). ,6, Surrounded by

(5). 7. Colour (3). 8. Manner (5). 12. Cold conditions CS).14. Silence (S): 18, Deity (3). 19, Animals (5). 20."­Hill" (6). 21. Fish (5). 22. SUbmarine (1-4). 23, Fix{3L

24,) T/1.~art(5)' 25. Prpngs (S). 26.. S~I'1Ps (5)..28. Al·'gerian town (4).,' 30. Meadow '(3).

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tunnetluKyproksella0 1 mme katsomassa kuinka mo­

nen kasvot kirkastuivat patnl­joonassa, kun joldn aika sitten patal­joonailll snnplli llusi pataljoona­upseeri ; evl Eero Lehlovirta. - Eikaihme, silla olihnn lassa tuskin ehditlykllnnolla viikko virsua pitaa siila,kun han mcidat jatti kesun !OllpU­puolelIa.

Taman tutlln miehen tapaamises­ta eival kasvot i1ahtllneel ainoas­laan sllomalaispataljoonassa, vaanmyos muissa. kontingenleissa, poliit­tisessa sihleeristossa. .ia paikaJlisenvaeston kesklllldessa. Silla niinJnajalti oli lama Ops Econ L02joutunllt snarla varhemmin virka­asioissaan ja mUlltenkin kiertn­maan. Ja miellyttavalla ja vaati­mattomalla kaytoksellnan ehlinytlaajalti suosituksi tulla.

Everstiluutnantti Lehtovirta onsyntynyt Loviisassa 13.11.22, tllllulylioppilaaksi Hameenlinnan Lyse­osta 1941, kaynyl Kadettikoulun1942-43, ylennetly vanrikiksi 1942,luutnantiksi 1943, kapteeniksi 1949ja majuriksi 1960.

Sodissa han oli mukana jouk­kueen johtnjana ja komppanianpaallikkona aina Lapin retkea 1945myoten, Sen jalkeen han on pal­veilut eri tehtavissa koulukauplln­kinsa Hameenlinnan Panssari Pri­kaatissa ; vllosina 1960-64 Pans-'saripntaljoonan komenlajana jnviimeeksi Kyprokselta kotiutllmi­sensa jalkeen Panssarirykmelltinteknillisen toimiston paalIikkona.

I Eero LehtovirtaJanuary, 1966

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The new 2 IC of YKSP 4(Fincon), Lt Col Eero TaneliLehtovirta is na newcomer toUNFICYP duties, since' in 1964-­65 he served for twelve months inHQ UNFICYP as LO 2 in lOpSEconomics.

Lt Col Lehtovirta was bornin Loviisa, Finlland in November1922; graduated from Hameen­Iinnan Lysee in 1941; e'ntered theFinnish Military Academy andwas commissiol'ied in 1942. Hewas promoted Lieutenant Colonellost year.

In World War 11, Col Lehtovirtaserved in the front lines as bothPlatoon and Company Comman­der in the Carelian Isthmus andLapland. After the war he wasposted to a Tank Regiment inHamee'nlinna, where fram 1960-64 he was a Battalion Cam­mander in the Armoured Brigade.AFter his tour of duty in Cyprushe returned to Finland as theChieF of the Technical Office ofthe Regiment.

Lt Col Lehtovirta is married,the father of five children.

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"WAR ON WANT WILL BE WON" UN DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMME ADMINISTRATOR TELLS COMMITIEE:

BLUE BERETWOLSELEY BARRACKSHQ UNF1CYP

NICOSIA Cyprus

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essential

Ihe BLUE BERET i. published by thentormatlon Office 01 the Unite<''lot".n. Force In CyprtJl, (UNFICVPl.

C:ommunlcatlonr, article. Of .....

luirles should be addre....d to:-rhe Edit",

Many U.N. members, andAfrican States in particular,have argued that the use offorce would be the only ef­fective means of bringingdown the racist regime whichhad illegally established it­self in Rhodesia.

East. All are being planned inresponse to resolutions of theUnited Nations General As­sembly, the Economic and So­cial Council and the Commit­tee for Industrial Develop­ment.

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Industrial progress ofdeveloping areas to. besubject of conference

Symposium planned for next year.

expansion

PLANS for an internation­al symposium in 1967 to

appraise the industrial progressand potential of the world'sdeveloping countries and theaction needed for acceleratedgrowth, have been cOlll1nuni­cated by the United Nationsto one hundred and twenty­three Governments.

In a progress report on pre­parations for the symposium,the United Nations Commissio­ner for Industrial Develop­ment, Mr. r. H. Abdel-Radman,suggests a tentative agenda,inVites papers on problems re­lating to industrialization, andproposes that Governmentsset up national machinery toplan their participation.

The Commissioner expresseshope that national delegationswill be " at the Ministerial le­vel", with "appropriate autho­rities and specialists" presentfor consideration of particularagenda items. Participants willbe representatives of the Me­mber Governments of the U­nited Nations or its related a­gencies.

The international symposi­um, expected to last aboutthree weeks, w i I I followthe holding of a series of re­gional symposia on industria­lization in Asia, Africa, La­tin America and the Middle

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Economicon want could eventjlally be development aid.Won. Development aid, he' A report before the Coun­said, was not a matter 6f cil showed that as of 7 Ja­choice or charity, but vit;:L1 to nuary, 111 Governments hadboth the nations that 'gave pledged contributions total­and those that received - ling some 154 million dolLarsbecause the expansion of the for this year's activities ofworld's economy was essen- the Development Programme.tial to all. The target is 200 million dol­

lars. Many of the speakersThe new programme, es- Another point. made by Mr. expressed hope that the tar-

tablished by the last UN Ge- Hoffman was that ,develop- get would be reached, whileneral Assembly, merged the" ment aid could be successful some looked forward to theU.N. Special Fund and the only when it involved the time when there would beExpanded Programme of full participation of develop- sufficient resources to permitTechnical Assistance into a ing countries.! direct investments as 'a fol­single enterprise which U.N. The Co-Administrator of low-up of the present pre-in­SecretarY-General, U Thant the Programme" Mr. David vestment lactivities.described last week as the Owen, spoke of the role play-most extensive coopeJ'lative ed by technical assistance m Need to expand industrialand multilateral endeavour the help provided by the Un1- activities in the developingever undertaken by the ted Nattons ''family of organi- countries was emphasized byWorld Organization. zations and ·,said the merger a number of speakers.

The Administrator of the with the Spedal Fund open- At the outset of the newProgramme, Mr. Paul Hof- ed constructlve possibilities, session, Mr. ~ario Franzl ofman, told the 37-nlatlon Go- for an increased flexibility in .Italy, was elected Chairmanverning Council that the war the financi~l management of of the Governing Council.

T HE Governing Council ofthe new United Nations

Development Programme metlast week at United NationsHeadquarters in New York toconsider proposals for morethat 80 pra-investment pro­jects for about 60 developingcountries and territories.

'These peoples of the world',he said, "are clamouring, inshort, for that lasting anduniversal peace in which, alo­ne, international cooperationcan work for the greatestgood of the greatest number".

U Thant looks back on UN's progress

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"So far, sd good", the Se­cretary,-General stated, "but

"voices by the millions are cry­ing for more. These are themillions in whose name thll

L ooking back at the probleI?s t!J-at .the United Nationshas had to grapple with durmg its fnst twenty years of

existence, the U.N. Secretary-General,. U Th~n:, declared lastweek that "an infinitely larger pubhc. OpiniOn th~o~ghoutthe world nOW looks to the United NatiOns, wi~h ~telYgreater and ever-increasing insisten~e, for effective actIOn tohelp set the world right and make it a safe and pleasant en­vironment for the lives of all."

In a message prepared by U Charter was written, and. forThant on the occasion of the whos.e sake the United NatlOnstwentieth anniversary of the must be made to functio~ i.nfirst meeting of the UN Gene- the fullness of its potentJah­ral Assembly held at Central ties".Hall, Westminster, London, the These millions, he said, areSecretary-General said that asking for peace - not onlytwenty years later, the United the cessation of firing on theNations "finds itself grappling immediate battlegrounds ofwith problems as different in Viet-Nam or other areas ofnature in urgency and in sig- conflict, but also security fornifican'ce as the world itself is themselves and the generationsdifferent from what it then to come against the threat ofwas". war anywhere and at any time,

"Yet", the Secretary-General for with the present capabili­added, "common strands tie ties for mass destruction, athe two periods together: nuclear holocaust hangs as anabove all, there are still the po- ominous danger over the wholelitical differences between of mankind.great Powers, still the awfulimplications of nuclear arma­ment, still the intolerable ine­quality in the distributionamong the people of the worldof the benefits of scientificand technical development, andstill indeed man's inhumanityto man, that press most stron­ly upon the destinies of all ofus. It is the surface of thingsthat has changed - the shapeof our problems, the identityof the leading figures - ratherthan the fundamental causes".

In stressing the world's pre­sent-day increasing relianceon the Un1~d Nations, UThant said that the U.N. hasresponded "in a not unsub­stantial degree to this de­mand."

The extent of its responsecan be measured especially, inthe Secretary-General's view,in the trend over the years totransform it into an Organi­zation for action, and not onlyfor discussion: action in keep­ing the peace where other ef­forts have failed; action intackling in a concerted, syste­matic and direct fashion theproblems of economic and so­cial under-development; andaction, it is hoped, for univer­sal peace through firm agree­ments on stopping the spreadof the nuclear menace and oncUsarmament as a whole.

WESTMINSTERHALL:TWENTY YEARSAFTER

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