OFFER TO DESPATCH BRITISH TROOPS PREDICTED
(N.Z.P.A. —Reuter—Copyright.) (10 a.m.) LONDON, July 25. The British Cabinet at its meeting today took far-reaching decisions on defence policy and one of them—whether Britain will send troops to Korea—will be revealed in the House of Commons tomorrow by the Prime Minister, Mr. C. R. Attlee, says Reuter's political correspondent. * _ . _ lahMimiiiiimiiiiiiimtMiiitfiiiMinmiimiimiiiiiiiimmiiimii
Most observers predict that a 'decision to send troops is likely. The Importance which American opinion attaches to the representative nature of the United Nations’ force actually engaged in Korea is believed to have weighed heavily in the Cabinets arguments. A hard offer at least of a force, however small, seems indicated ijj the light of American opinion transmitted to London since M. Trygve Lie made his appeal to 52 member nations for ground lorcGS A final decision whether this could be more profitably employed in Korea or elsewhere would then lie with Washington and the United States commandeer on the spot, ,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 26 July 1950, Page 7
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159OFFER TO DESPATCH BRITISH TROOPS PREDICTED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 26 July 1950, Page 7
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