§ 1. Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence how many British personnel are serving in the Korean theatre of operations in each of the three services, respectively; and how many of these are National Service men.
§ Mr. BirchI regret that it would not be in the public interest to give information in the detail asked for by my noble Friend, but there are at present about 20,000 men of the U.K. Forces serving in the Korean theatre, some 6,000 of whom are National Service men.