§ 112. Mr. Lowasked the Postmaster-General what cheap cable facilities exist between troops in Korea and their families in the United Kingdom; and why the Expeditionary Force Message facilities have not been given to our troops.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsThe full range of public telegraph services is available at Commonwealth rates between the troops in Korea and their families in the United Kingdom. These rates are much cheaper than those normally charged for telegrams to and from Korea. The charge for ordinary telegrams at these rates is 1s. a word; and for Commonwealth Social Telegrams it is 6d. a word, with a minimum charge of 5s. In addition the Expeditionary Force Message service at 2s. 6d. for each message was introduced last month.