§ 75. Mr. Palmerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will propose on behalf of Her Majesty's Government at the United Nations that some replacements of troops for the United Nations emergency force should be recruited as individuals instead of through national contingents.
§ Mr. Ian HarveyNo. We have no proposal of this nature in mind at present.
§ 76. Mr. Palmerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which nations offered to supply contingents to the United Nations emergency force; which were accepted; and what reasons were assigned for the non-acceptance of those which were not accepted.
§ Mr. Ian HarveySo far as Her Majesty's Government are aware the following countries have offered to supply contingents for the United Nations Emergency Force: Afghanistan, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Roumania, Sweden and Yugoslavia.
9WContingents have been accepted from ten of these countries: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, India, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden and Yugoslavia.
To Her Majesty's Government's knowledge none of the offers made has been declined. General Burns and Mr. Hammarskjöld will doubtless take up more of them if they see fit.