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Wedne'sday, 30th March 1966

Iuued by the Information Office of the UDlted NcrtlollS Force ID Cyprul Third Edition No. 50

CHANGE IN CANCON COMMAND HALE succeeds DREWRY Canadian rotation starts next weel{

BLACK WATCH REPLACE GUARDS, HUSSARS TAKING OVER FROM ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS

WITH the UN Peace~Keeping Force mandate extended to 26th June, the 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch, of Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick and liB" Squadron, 8th Canadian Hussars, of Camp Petawawa, Ontario. will begin a tour af duty with the U.N. Force ill the first week of April (next week) when the advance-party will arrive in Royal Canadian Air Force Yukon aiJlCraft. The contingent will be the Colonel Hole Was born in Toronto fifth to be despatched by Ca­ and educated at· Sir George Willlam's College and McGill University in Mon­ nada to serve with the UN treal. COURTS MARTIAL FOR Peace-Keeping Force here. During the Second World Wor he Colonel G.R. Hale', 'of St. served in Canada, the United King­ John's, Newfoundland and To­ dom and northwest Europe with the Canadian Grenadier Guards (then the ronto, has taken ovel" as Com­ 22nd Canadian Armoured Regimentl. FOUR UNFICYP BRITONS mander Canadian Contingent After the war, he Was posted to from Colonel J.L. Drewry, of the Royal Canadian Dragoons and Ottawa and Cobourg, Ontario, 4ierved at The Royal Canadian Ar­ moured Corps S<:hool, Camp Borden, All plead guilty .to charge of carrying who is returning to Canadian Ontario, and later attended the Aus­ Forces Headquarters, in Ot­ tralian Staff College. prohibited items for tawa. Commanding Officer of In August 1957, Col Hole was se­ the Black Watch is Lt.-Col. lected for special employment in the Department of External Affairs with D.A, McAlpine, of Montreal the Military Component of the Ca­ our British UNFICYF soldiers were court-martialed last Quebec, While the Hussars: nadian Delegation in Indo-China. He P week for carrying weapons and ammunition, cement, Squadron Commander is Ma- returned a year later to assume com­ uniforms and other prohibited items for Turkish Cypriots. mand of the Lord Strathcono's Horse (Royal Canadians). at Colgary. On Thursday, 24 March, a were placed in custody on 11 Continued on poge four Col Hale became assistant adjutant and quarter-master general, Canadian Spokesman for the United March 1966. Army Liaison Establishment in Lond­ 'Nations Force in is- The four soldiers - Lcpl UNFICYP COSTS on, in July, 1961 . He was sued a statement in which it Peter Edge and Dvrs George promoted to the rank of Colonel and appointed deputy commander of the was stated that as a result Chadwick, Peter Bell and Ray- Canadian Army liaison Establishment of investigations carried out mond George Emmett, all of Further and deputy army member of the Ca­ under the direction of UNFI- the UNFICYP Transportation nadian Joint Staff, London, in June, 1963. CYP's Provost Marshal by the Unit in Nicosia - were alleg- He attended the National Defence British Element of the Force ed to have been involved in contributions College course In Kingston, Ont., in Special Investigation Unit, fo- the illegal carriage of cement; 1964-65 and became commander of ur British UNFICYP soldiers uniforms and other prohibited Newfoundland Area In August, 1965. items for Turkish Cypriots 1n from Norway Nlcosla and in late SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVES NOTE February and early March this year. and Italy The Commander British Contingent Immediately con­ orway and Italy have in. Irish ask UN to meet and vened a Special District Court N formed the United Na.ti­ Martial to try the accused on ons that they will make fur­ charges of conduct to the pre­ ther contributions to meet the extra Contingent costs judice of good order and mll!­ operational costs of the United taly discipline, and failing to Nations Force in Cyprus. United Notions spokesman lost week confirmed a!' UN Head. observe Contingent orders on On 16 March, the Perma­ A quarters that the Secretary-General, U Thant, had received a this subject. nent Representative of Nor­ note from the Irish Mission to the UN stating that unless she were The four accused pleaded way to the United Nations, assured of payment for the additional costs of its 500-strang con­ Ambassador Sivert A. Nielsen tingent with the United Nations Force in Cyprus it would have ta guilty and on 23 March were sentenced as follows: Lcpl sent a message to the Secre­ be withdrawn. ' tary-General, 'U Thant, in The Secretary-General met Council acted earlier this Edge and DvI' Chadwick, nine months detention; Dvrs Bell which he said that the Govern­ on Thursday with the repres- month to. extend the peace· ment Of Norway had decided entatives of the nine Member keeping operation for another and Emmett, eighteen months Imprisonment and Ignom.!nious to make a contribution of States that have made units three months, U Thant stress· 375,500 Norwegian Kroner available to UNFICYP. ed the need for ensuring finan- discharge, When the UN Security COlltlnued on page eight CQntinulld on page four Continued on page eight Page Tw.o THE BLUE BERET Wednesday, 30th March, 1966 HULEFORSKN ING

Stabskompagniets folk hor i sidste uge voere-t igennem heli­ copter-traening og er her Iynskudt under lektlonen, der omfoHer Yore hulefoskere har for nylig fundet en klippespalte, som i spring fra flyet i luften- uden brug of faldskaerm. loerclags blev naermere undersoegt. Den viste' sig at vaere cirka 150 meter dyb. Den alllestedsnaerende DANCON - fotogrof deltog i den nervepirrende e"pedition, hvor ned-og opstlgningen tilsClmmen varede ombent fem timer. Fra hulens dyb Iykkecles d'll't ham at hjem­ foere disse billeder. Oeverst ses med ryggen 'il loejtnant N. Kjaer, Sensat;onel' historisk derefter skrivencle premierloejtnant L. Borup-Nielsen og i baggrunden pionerdelingsfoereren. loejtnant S.E. Bentzen. Paa det nederste billede er loejtnant N. Kjaer ved at prente sit navn paa inskriptionen i hulens hund. fund under dykning ved famagusfa

Til:faeldigvis var DANCON-fotografen til stede cia den foerste taende blev bjaerget i land. Her er toenden netop bragt op paa skClerene oest for hotel Constantia. Omkring toenden ses fra venstre, kons~abel Niels Aage Thomsen, konstabel Soeren Soelensen og kon­ stabel Laurids Yiborg.

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Und~r !'rIovsophold i Famagusta har t,C danske konstabler gjort et ha]st mteressant fund. Sandag eftermiddag kOlt efter deres ankornst til hotel Constantia gik konstablerne 817 L. Viborg, 921 N.Aa. Tbornsen og 815 S. Sarensen, alle fra C.kompagniet, ud for at bade med deres snorkel­ udstyr. Pa bavbunden IIlc~em no.gle klippeskrer fandt de en gammel tl'Jmle, sorn det lykkedes dem at b]rerge 1 land. Senere pa dagen fandt de i nrer. heden endnu en tl'Jnde. En lokal historiker fik lejligbed hundrede ar er de forblafTende ve1­ til at undersage fllndene, og ban bevarede, og du mun forsigtigl slog mener med sikkerhed at kunne sige, spunsene l13se, viste det sig, at tlOn­ at to"nderne er fra en engelsk fregat derne stadig indeho1c1t vino ved navn "MOtley", del' strandede Se-Iv om vagttjeneste og afvikling of orlov IClegger beslag paa i en efterarsstorm ud for Fama­ Mandag rootgen korn en vil1eK­ naesten alle har det dog vaeret muligt at gennemfoere nogle "ved­ gusta i 1657, 1astet med en sending pert fra KEO-koncernen tU stede Iigeholdellsesskydninger. Her instruerer kontingentets skydelaerer og

alla kertaa tapahtui vaihto tavallista nopeammin jugoslavialaisiIla Tsuillku-cara"eIleilla. YKSP 5 aloitti toimintansa ja sen unsi komen­ taja, e"el'sti Uolevi Koskenpalo otti ohjat kasiinsli. huktikuun 1 pna. Edel­ linen, cversti Lauri Boldt oH chtinyt toimia ruorimichena tavaIlista pitem­ ~RKKIPPIISPA paan - 12 kuukalltta. Toisaalta ei eversti Kosken­ palokaan ole mikaan uusi mies ulkomailla tai YK-tehtavissa, silla han on tiWi elmen ehtinyt olla maailmanjiirjestOn rallhanhlIvaa­ mistehtavissa pariinkin otteeseen. Lisaksi han on t@iminllt sotilasa­ siamiehell aplllaisena Lontoossa ja liipikaynyt vuosi sitten yhteispoh­ joismaisen YK-kurssin Ruotsissa. Alkuaan helsinkiHiinen. Eversli Koskenpalo on syntynyt 21.11.1915 Helsingissa, jossa han tuli ylioppilaaksi v. 1937, kavi Kadettikoullln 1938-39 ja Sotakor­ keakolllun 1949-51. Banet ylen­ nettiin viinrikiksi 1939, IUlltnantiksi 1940, kapteeniksi 1943, majllriksi 1954, ja everstiluutnantiksi 1959. Han on 01111t mukana molemmis­ Fortsot fro side to sa sodissamme rintamajollkoissa velsmagende. Han regner med, jv. komppanianpaiillikkonli.. Sotien at vinen m~ vrere verdens relc1ste ­ jll.lkeen han palveli JR 9:ssa, reldre end vinen i Rosenborgs krel­ Haminassa ja Oulun Sotilaspiirin dre i K0benhavn. Samtidig ud­ esikunnassa v.l945-52. Han toimi Jerusalemin anglikaaninen arkkipiispa MacInnes plstaytyi pataljoo­ trykte experten imidlertid rengstelse PuOlllstusvoimain komentajan ad­ nassa, jossa han kavi tervehtimassa myos komentajiamme. for, at vinen kunne holde sig ret jlltanttina v. 1952-55, opettajana lrenge, efter at del' nu var kommet taistelukoulussa v.1957, puolustus­ luft til den. ministerin adjutanttina v. 1959-64 ja viimeeksi ennen Kyprokselle SIDSTE NYT tuloaan patal~o:lllankomentajana Ved et m0dc i tirsdllgs mcllcm de Savon Prikaatissa Mikkelissli.. Iokale myndigheder og cbcfen fOl: Paljon Kiertiinyt ja PaIjon Kokenut. DANCON, obcrstl0jtnant E. Loren­ zen blev det vedtaget, at vinen skulle Ulkomailla 011 eversti Kosken­ tilfalde det danske kontingent, me­ palo ollut:sotilasasiamiehen apu­ dens de wmte t0nder skulle aflevcres laisena Lontoossa v.1955-56, yhtey­ tU Cyperns Museum. supseerina UNEF:in esikunnassa Da del' som tidligcre nrevnt er Suezilla v.1956 ja sotilaallisena fare for, at vinen ikke vii kunne holde havainnoitsijana UNOGIL:issa sig ret lrenge, har cbefen bestemt, at Lebanonissa v.1958. Vuosi sitten vinen "iI blive udskrenket med en han osallistui Strangnasissa Ruot­ deciliter tiI hver mand nu pit fredag sissa j al'jestettyihin yhteispohjois­ kl. 17 ved vclfrerdstjcnestens kontor. maisiin YK-kursseihin. Virka­ Flasker bedes medbragt, og del' er tehtavissiian han on lisiiksi jou­ mulighed for at bente rationer til tunut matukustamaan laajalti kol­ kammerater, del' et tjcnstligt forhin­ messa maanosassa aina kaukaista dl'et i at m0de op, safrcmt skriftlig Taskentia myoten. On siina ko­ fuldmagt medbringes. kemusta yhden miehen osalle. Eversti Koskenpalo on naimisis­ sa, kahden lapsen isii .ia mainitsee harrastllksikseen kirjallisuuden .ia UrheiltlSSa kunnostautuncet saivat mitaIlinsa. Kuvassa ArM Lou~ SPORTEN kiele(. konen. 21. Kisko 4JK saamasSa ku aistl1 pesiipalIomit>lllia.j. Fodbold i URHEILUSSA vindstyrke 9 JA ampen i 'Famagusta mod AUTON AJOSSA K den lokale tyrkisk-cyprio­ tiske klub endte uafgjort 2 - 2. I(U N NOSTAUTU­ Paa grund af den strerke blrest blev karnpen ikke den store op­ NEET levelse. Efter at have vreret bagud 0 • 2. s0rgede konstabel PALKITTiiN J.C. Jensen for udligningen med to Imrtige maa!. Siilndag den 3 April kl. 15 spiller DANCON­ Nuhteetonta ajotaitoa osoittaneille holdet returkamp, og det bliver kuljettajiUe jaettiin kunluakirjat paa stadion indenfor murene i ennen kotiin hihtoa. Kuvassa Asko Famagusta. Kymiil1iinen, 21, Kosld HI, EK saa­ massa omaansa. , ' Page Four New Ordnance OC

Pictu red left Ca­ ptain Peter Mat­ thews, RAOC, right, the OC of the HQ UNFICYP Ordnance Detachment with his relief Captain Leslie Marsham. MAJOR-GENERAL POTTER VISITS 65 SQN

MOST WANTED MAN ... ? Pictured above, the most sought after man in Force Head­ quarters - Postal NCO, Lance-Corporal Terry Bru,ce. Twe'nty-one year old Terry joined UNFICYP in December last year after pre­ viously serving with 19 Infantry Brigade Group at Colchester. Major-General W.J. 'Potter, CB, CBE, the Transport Officer in Chief, Ministry of Deklnce recently visited members of 6S Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, stationed at Force hctldquarters in Nicosia. PROFILE:- COLONEL UOLEVI KOSKEJ Pictured a,bove, General Potter, occomponied by the Squadron 'OC, Captain Keith May (right) talks to left ta right; Corporal Brian DEATH OF Buckingham, Corporal Fred Horris and Sergeant Dick foran, ond below, in an informal moment in the Squadron's 22.0 Club, shores New FINCON c a J)int with Driver 'Wings' McGann. HE new CO of FINCON. year ago WARRANT T Colonel Uolevi Koskenpalo dlnavlan cr was born in Helsinki in Nove­ course in,' mber 1915, matriculated in His expe' 1937, attended the Finnish Mi­ together" OFFICER litary Academy 1937-3,9 and polntmen the Staff College of the Fin­ Koskenp' nish Defence Forces in 1949-­ experien"" 51. He was commissioned in the field! CAHILL 1939, promoted Lieutenant in operatIo~ 1940, Captain in 1943, Major HE editors of 'THE BLUE In 1954 and Lieutenant Colonel DECOLO~ In 1959. T BERET' regret to report !I the sudden death of Warrant In WW IT Colonel Koskenpalo Officer First Class Jim Cahill, served as OC of an Infantry until recently the UNFICYP Company in the front lines in "514 Hygeine Adviser. East-Karella and the Karellan '~ Well known to all contin­ Isthmus. After the war he was gents of the Force for his a Company Commander In 11 work here, thirty-nine year the 9th Infantry Re­ :! old WO I Cahill recently re­ giment in Kouvola in 1945-47, HE, turned to the United Kingdom Staff officer at HQ Military niza; on rotation after completing a District of North Finland, Ou­ T six month tour, and it was in lu, in 1,951-52, after which he week ap tes to t Aldershot that he suffered a acted as ADC to C-In-C of the ~ heart attack, dying in. the Finnish Defence Forces from tions, a Cambridge Military Hospl';al Britain t' 1952-55 and as the Assistant out mas on the 15th March. He leaves Military Attache in London a wife and three children. to cease, during 1955-56. against" Apart from his work, War­ Colonel Koskenpalo was an In­ ritory. T rant Officer Cahin took a structor at the Finnish Combat ked thei great interest In the sporting School in 1957, ADC to the Mi­ convey t life of the Force. A first class nister of Defence from 1959­ tee's gr', rugby player In his' younger 64 and CO of a Battalion of .days, he still played for the situatio • the Savon Prikaati (Savo-Bri­ scribed Force team and also found gade), Mikkeli, from 1964-66. time to manage the sIde. He Besides London he served in was a competent referee and Gaza in H.Q. UNEF as LO acted In this capacity on se­ In 1957, and in Lebanon in veral occasions. He was also a 190'8, where he was a Mll1tary keen' hockey player. Observer with UNOGIL. A Page Five N ROTATION NEXT WEEK Ph~~'~~ ~ IRCON from poge one ~ jar J.A. St. Aubin, also of Mo­ Prince who is noaring the end af his tour in CYPrus. Cpl Prince, ntreal. ~ Returning to Canada after who has been with the Air Corps ya six months in Cyprus are the for' nearly 13 years was a keen :0 2nd Battalion, The Canadian footballer in his day, but now Guards, to Camp Petawawa, contents himself with the bock­ and the Reconnaissance Squa­ stage activities of the very sue. cessful Air Corps Gaelic F..ootball dron of the Royal Canadian Club. Dragoons, to Camp Gagetown. Commanding Officer of the Canadian Guards is Lt.-Coil.

COURTS MARTIAL FOR

At a demonstrotion and lecture ot HQ UNFICYP, on new de­ UNFICYP velopments in roof trussing and quickly erected buildings left to Lt Col C. V. Carlson right: Comdt John Burke, Chief Engineer Officer UNFICYP Cpl Joe Nolan, Engineer Section, and Capt Waiter Rafferty En~intltlr C.V. Carlson, of Regtna and Officer 5th Irish Infantry Group. ' Ottawa, and the Dragoons' 'BRITONS Squadron Commander is Ma­ jor W.L. Conrad, of Charlot­ from page one tetown, Prince Edward Island. On Saturday, 26 March, a Since the UN Peace-Keeping UNFICYP spokesman issued Force in Cyprus began oper­ an additional statement in atios in March 1964-, more than which it was stated that as a 5,000 Canadian soldiers have result of certain parallel In­ served on this island. Canada vestigations undertakon and in lieu of making cash contri~ now completed by UNFIOYr butions to the U. Nations, pro­ in connection with those that vides soldiers and equipment led to the arrest of the four I at her own expense for peace­ soldiers, it could now be re­ keeping duties with UN in va­ vealed that among the "other rious parts of the world. Cana­ prohibited items" which two· dian troops are not paid by the of the soldiers carried for , United Nations but are entire­ Turkish Cypriots were some ly supported an(l financed by weapons and ammunition. The Canada. accused admitted to have car­ ried such items on various occasions. The spokesman said that in' view of the seriousness of this The successful Limnitis team captained by Sergeant Dave Evans activity UNFICYP deemed it which beat Kato Pyrgos by two goals ta one, In the final of the '"~ essential to carry out further Inter Company Soccer Cup on Wednesday. rests in Aden thorough investigations with the purpose of trying to find 1o Britain out if other elements of thE) Force might be implicated. from Aden charging the admi­ The investigations established nistering power with carrying t.hat no other members of the out mass arrests and physical Force were involved. and mental torture. East Eu­ In his earlier statement, the ropean and Latin American Force spokesman said that the members of the Committee joi­ Acting Force Commander had ned the Afro-Asian countries taken st.ringent steps to pre in voting in favour. Australia vent by all means at his di. and the United States joined sposal UNFICYP troops beco­ Britain in voting against the ming involved in future illegal resolUtion and Denmark and activities. . Italy abstained. The spokesman also disclo­ Rejecting the charges of sed that further allegations ha­ mass arrests and torture, Mr ve come to the notice on UN· Frances Brown of Britain told FICYF that one of the con­ the Committee that arrests we­ victed soldiers may have been re made solely in the interests involved in causing a bomb ex­ of public safety and on the plosion in Nicosia early in Two brothers serving with 5th Irish Infantry Group are Sgt strongest evidence of complici­ March. Joint investigations by Paddy and Pte John Tobln. Both brothers are enthusiastit: members ty or intended complicity in UNFICYP and the Cyprus Go­ of the Unit Pipe Band and are also keen sportsmen, John's gome acts of Violence. . vernment are continuing. being hurling while brother Paddy follows socCer. Page Six fHE BLUE BERET Wednesday, 30th March, 1966

B6RJE L1NDELL SV. RADIO GoR PROGRAM OM FAMAGUSTA n del sYenska turister har Limassol, Troodos oeh Kantara Egastat Cypern under de Castle. Pa LOrdagen giistade g/lngna veckorna. Daribland han Carl Gustaf Camp oeh tick syntes intendent BOlje Lindell till falle till en intervju med ihe­ pa Sveriges Radios kultur srte Hornqllist. Milndagen till­ redaktion. Han har samlat ma­ bringades bl.a. pa Cyprus Radio terial till fiera program, men i Nicosia, dilr han fick ett band det wm ar aktuelIt kommer att med grekisk folkmusik, som heta "Famagusta idag". Det ingar i programpunkten "Dik­ kommer att salldas i Syerigcs ten". LindelI var speeiellt in­ Radio pa paskdagen. tt.esserad av delta eftersom han Intendent Lindell har rest sjaIv producerar programmet runt oeh besokt bl.a. Larnaea, "Onskedikten", Str ong fa 1t patr uI1 ta vIa n Sekundstrid in • I det sista n i det sistu var det okIart vem som skulle bli zonmastare i patrulI­ I f1ilttavlan,Patrull nr 6 fran 3. komp oell nr 8 fran Lifkomp lag annn efter lyra grenar pit samma platssiffra. 3. komp patrull avgjordc cmellertid striden till sin fiirdel genom att bcscgra Lifkomp:s ptr med 13,9 sek i terranglOpningen. De tvft patrulIerna stad i en fullkomlig sarklllss. 3. Har cnepisod fran patrullfiilttiivlan. Tommy Dahleu, Uppsalll, krYPcl komp:s ptr hade saID samst en 6:e Illaecring i hgrkastning, medan Lif­ genom ett av hindren, medan serg. Anders Rydlulld, HassJcholm, vantal komp:s siimsL'l grcnllr var skjlltning ocll terranglopning, dar man niidde pa sin tur. 5:e placeringar. Masterskapen, som anordnades De aterstaende lV\l patrullmed­ p/l DhekeLia A-range oeh Reindeer lemmarna utforde under tiden ett Camp den 23.3, arrangerades backningsprov med Land-Rover, masterligt av Lifkomp. Vadrets dar det gallde att med vanstcr bak­ makter hade "arit nadigll oeh hor. hjul kora over ett antal klossar lig­ sammat begaran'om vackert vader. gande i en ca. 40 m lang serpcntin. Tlivlingarna startade pi\. Dheke­ Proyet utfordes med led are, varfOr \ia A-range med gren 1 - skjutning, drivern heltftek Jita pa honom. Pi\. plats fanns ocksa major Erik Ahlberg, Jonkoping, som hlilsade Bast visade sig.ptr 3, STR-komp, deltagarna (18 patruller om fyra yara med tiden 2 min oeh 3 sek. man) valkomna samt uttryckte en Grensegrare bley emellertid pt!' 17 fOrhoppning om en god kamp. fran STR-komp pa pJatssiffra 9. Skjutningen visade sig vara fOr Jnror sista grenen, terriinglop­ svllr fOr mlmga patrulIer. Maxpoang ning, lag si\lcl\es ptr 6 ooh 8 pa var 42 oeh basta resultat uppnadde samma platssitfra - 13. Diirpa av ptr 10, 3. komp, som fiek 30 fOljde tv1\ ptr pa 28 oeh en pa 29 poang. poang. Terrangbanan, som matte ca. 2 km, hade 12 inlagda hinder, Niista gren var avstandsbestam­ vilka salte deItagarna pa YerkligL ning. Tvil. man stegad~ efter en prov. Patrull'"15 fran 3. komp tog ganska kuperad bana medan de hem segern pit den utmarkta tiden ovriga tvi\. fick vardera bedomma 9.23,6 min taU fOre 2. komp ptr nr MalariakontroJlen p,t Cypern piig!lr just uu for fulIt. Pit bildcn syns tva avstttnd. Segrare i denna gren HQ:s Warrant Officer H. Edward Bustin, tillsammans med sin svcnske var ptr 6 (slutlig segrare) foUd av Forts paa sid 7 koIlega, fOrvaItarc Lars Lager, Motala. Diskussiollcn om malariapro­ ptr 8 (slutlig tv

New Ops (A)2 Joi:ns Force

Taking over short­ ly front Major Ken Reeves, CD, Canadian Guards, as Ops (A)2 at Force Headquarters will be Major George 0150n of the Royal Canodion Artillery. Pic:tured left, Major Olsen (seated left) discusses nis Ilew job with his predecessor Battle Training testsfor Dragoons URING the latter part of March, the Reconnaissance D Squadron Royal Canadian Dragoons carried out annual battle physical training tests in the Nicosia area. The tests were in accordance with the Canadian Army physical stand­ Suomi ja Ruotsi ottivat mittaa lentopalIossa. Suomi voitti 3-0 ards for field units. Because of the more favorable Qlimatic (15-12) (15-8) ja (15·3). Seurllava koitos ensi kuussa Famagustassa. conditions of Cyprus, as compared with Canadian winter Svenskarna matte finnarna i en volley - ball· match forra sondagen. weather at this time of the year, the squadron wisely chose Den ltar gangen vann finnarna 3-0. to do their tests here. ,------_._--_----! Each squadron member is certified medically fit before he undertakes the preparatory training and the actual tests. A "trim-down" programme, authorized by Major W.L. Con­ rad, Squadron CO, and super­ vised by Sgt. J.A.R. Labelle, battalion PT and recreation specialist, began about a month ago when all RCD personnel started getting into trim for the tests. The programme consisted of route marches followed imme­ Sekundsfrid.. diately by physical strength, coordination and agility exer­ fraan sld 6 cises. The final tests were car­ ried out with each member of 16, som hade 9.29,8. r striden n"lellan ptr 6 oeh 8 avgiek, som sagt, the Dragoons' squadron wear­ ptr 6 med segern genom att beHigga ing complete battle order. en 4:e pIats mot ptr 8 5:e pIats. The whole test prog­ Hart anda in i det sista! ramme had to be completed Efter terrlinglopnlngen utdeIade within two and a half hours kompeh, mj Ahlberg, I 4:s medal­ or else the soldier did not j er till de fyl'a fdi.msta lagen samt qualify al]d had to be re!est­ aY signalist Bengt K1U1man, Soder­ ed. hamn, forfardigade diplol11 till segral'na. Under watchful eye of Sgt. Furil' Arne Jansson, HagEors; furir Hans Carlsson, Eskilstllna; J.A.R. Labelle, 0 member of Royal J-Hikan Andersson, Malltorp oeh Canadian Drergoons Squodronpre­ SYen-Erik Alldersson, Sibbhult, kan po res to lift and ,carry a fellow aUts1\. satta zonm1\stare I patrull­ trooper for two-nundred yards. :falttiivlan pa sina visitkort j fort­ s fi.ttningen. Andre pristagarna heter: Furir Lars AhImark, Go1eborg; furir Ake Johansson, Oskarshamn; krp Tommy Pettersson, Matfors; krp Ba SkogIulld, Arbnl. Tredje pristagarna; Furlr Arne The B~UE BERET Is published by the I-IaIm, Guldsmedshyttan; Rolf LindhoIm, Galla, Lars Hedvall, Infarmatlon Office of the United Lesjafors oeh Lars Krantz, Un Natiana Farce In Cyprua, (UNF1CYP). koping. <:ammunications, ortlc:l"s Of" .,. ~Ulfl"s should be addrellled to:­ Fjiil'de pris tillf<:Hl: Lt.pnar Jo­ The Editor nassan, Kristinehamn; Oiu Tors­ '-ten StAlnaeke, Svappavaara; furir THE BLUE IlERET Member of Royal Canadian Dragoons Squadron, wearing com­ Johan Leljoll, Solna oeh Lennart WOLSELEY BARRACKS plete battle order dress, goes over a six-foot wol:1 ne has just sc:oled. A,.rvidsson, Rarvlk. HQ UNFICYP Page Eight THE BL.UE BERET Wednesday, 30th March, 1966

REPORT FROM '14-NATION COMMITTEE STOP PRESS IJNFICYP assists, observe~ THIRTY TO fIfTY Partial relief of TorkislJ MILLION DOllARS National Uontingent THE relief of part of the Turkish National Continger in Cyprus started to take place as the BLUE BERE NEEDED 10 SOL YES went to press yesterday, As in past rotations, inland tran: liJortation, escorts and o.bservers were provided by the Unite Nations Force in Cyprus. Forty officers, twenty-three Dragoons serving with Ut' UN'S fiNANCIAL NCO's .and two hundred and FICYP were at both the sta: eighty-seven other ranks, and end of e,ach pac!,et, U personal baggage and batta­ Civilian Police escorts we] lion stores arrived on the also provided to lead conV03 DIFFICUlTIES Turkish ship "Basharan" into, and out of, Nicosia an which docked at Famagusta Famagusta. N expert panel has estimated that the United Nations at 0720 hours on Tuesday UNFICYP observer team A will need - in round figures - from 30 to 50 million morning. supervised the operation l dollars in additional voluntary contributions to get out of An outgoing draft of ap­ hoth Nicosi,a and Famagust its current financial troubles. proximately the same This was announced last the end of this year. The bulk strength was scheduled to Preparations were bein leave the Turkish National made to carry the operatio week by Mr. Mario Majoli of of the.se is related to the U.N. though until the late evenin military operation in the Con­ Contingent are,a at Orta Italy, Chairman of the 14-na­ when the "Basharan" Wl tion Committee set up by the go - now concluded - and Keuy yesterday in the after­ noon. expected to leave Famagus1 U.N. General Assembly to re­ the continuing peace-keeping for . view the United Nations finan­ operations in the states have UNFICYP provided the ne­ cial situation. cessary three-ton ,and ten-ton The last partial relief ' A number of States have trucks for the operation. Es­ the Turkish National ContiJ Mr. Majoli noted that some declined to help finance one or corts consisting of scout cars gent took place in Septen 20 m1l1ion dollars had already both of these undertakings for from the Canadian Royal bel' last year. been donated by various states political and legal reasons. in response to the Secretary­ General's appeal last year for Mr. Majoli said that as to contributions to overcome the bhe long-term financial sltua­ United Nations' short range tjion, th~ Expert Committee DIVE TO HISTOR' money problems. noted that 186.4 million dol­ lars remained to be paid on The Committee, he said, es­ the D.N. bond issue through DANISH SKIN-DIVERS FIND 300 YEAR timated that further voluntary its maturity in 1990. The mo­ coniributions ranging from ney raised through the sale of OLD WINE CASKS. AT FAMAGUST, 3::1.9. to -'3.3 million" dollars bonds was used for the Congo would be needed to meet ob­ and Middle East operatiOI$ hree Danish Privates on leave at Famagusta made a Bel ligations involved into as of and most of the countries T sationa.1 discovery on Sunday afternoon, when during tl which did not help finance first skin-diving session of their leave, they brought to Jig! these, Mr. Majoll said, had de­ two barrels of wine estimated to be at least three hundrl clined to help retire the bonds; years old. Further the result was a recurrent • The three PFCs, L. Viborg, ley' which had gone asho] yearly deficity of 2.4 million N.A. Thomsen and S. Sorensen near Famagusta in 1657. ca dollars. were diving off the rocks near rying a cargo of Command! contributions the Constantia Hotel when ria wine. The Committee's report on they found a old wooden cask the l}.N.'s financial difficulties which they managed to bring Despite the fact that tl to UNFICYP Is expected within a few days. ashore. Later they found a si­ barrels have been in the wab The group will then meet milar cask in the same area. for more than three hundre again, In Geneva, to survey A local historian who exa­ years, they are extraordinaril costs ...from page one the bUdgetary problems of the mined their find stated that well preserved, and when tl U.N. and its specialized ~en­ the two barrels probably came taps were opened, they we) - approximately 50,000 dol­ cies as a whole. from the British frigate 'Mot- found still to contain win, lars - to meet the costs In The following day a wine el connection with the extension pert was called in and he st! of the Force mandate fr6m ted that it was not only drin! 27 December 196'5 to 26 March Irish ask· to UN to pay able but of an excellent qual 1966. ty. However, he feared thl the wine would not remal Furthermore, Ambassador good for very long as it ha Nielson said that "in view of extra Contingent costs now been exposed to the ai the critical financial situation" of UNFICYP hia Government from page one At a meeting held yesterda had also decided to make a cial support. He also warned Ireland has met both ordina­ while 'Blue Beret' was goin further contribution of 72,500 that unless unforseen support ry and extraordinary expenses to press, local authorities an Norwegian kroner - approxi­ were provided, the United Na- of her troops. However, Ex­ the Commanding Office mately 10,140 dollars - to­ tions would not be able to ful- ternal Affairs Minister, Mr. DANCON, Lieutenant Colonl wards meeting the deficiency ly reimburse the Governments Frank Aiken, told the Dail E. Lorenzen decided that ID ln the Force account. This providing units for the extra (Parliament) in DUblin' on FICYP should be allowed t contribution,he said, is in ad­ costs. they incurred. Wednesday last that the Irish dispose of the wine, believe di I':Jn X-.o theJ 14,000