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Wedne'sday, 30th March 1966
Iuued by the Information Office of the UDlted NcrtlollS Force ID Cyprul
CHANGE IN CANCON COMMAND
HALE
succeeds
DREWRY
Third Edition
No. 50
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.
Colonel Hole Was born in Toronto
and educated at· Sir George Willlam's
College and McGill University in Montreal.
During the Second World Wor he
served in Canada, the United Kingdom and northwest Europe with the
Canadian Grenadier Guards (then the
22nd Canadian Armoured Regimentl.
After the war, he Was posted to
the Royal Canadian Dragoons and
4ierved at The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps S<:hool, Camp Borden,
Ontario, and later attended the Australian Staff College.
In August 1957, Col Hole was selected for special employment in the
Department of External Affairs with
the Military Component of the Canadian Delegation in Indo-China. He
returned a year later to assume command of the Lord Strathcono's Horse
(Royal Canadians). at Colgary.
Col Hale became assistant adjutant
and quarter-master general, Canadian
Army Liaison Establishment in Londin
July,
1961 .
He
was
on,
promoted to the rank of Colonel and
appointed deputy commander of the
Canadian Army liaison Establishment
and deputy army member of the Canadian Joint Staff, London, in June,
1963.
He attended the National Defence
College course In Kingston, Ont., in
1964-65 and became commander of
Newfoundland Area In August, 1965.
COURTS MARTIAL FOR
FOUR UNFICYP BRITONS
All plead guilty .to charge of carrying
prohibited items for Turkish Cypriots
our British UNFICYF soldiers were court-martialed last
week for carrying weapons and ammunition, cement,
P
uniforms and other prohibited items for Turkish Cypriots.
On Thursday, 24 March, a
Spokesman for the United
'Nations Force in Cyprus issued a statement in which it
was stated that as a result
of investigations carried out
under the direction of UNFICYP's Provost Marshal by the
British Element of the Force
Special Investigation Unit, four British UNFICYP soldiers
SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVES NOTE
Irish ask UN to meet and
extra Contingent costs
United Notions spokesman lost week confirmed a!' UN Head.
A quarters that the Secretary-General, U Thant, had received a
note from the Irish Mission to the UN stating that unless she were
assured of payment for the additional costs of its 500-strang contingent with the United Nations Force in Cyprus it would have ta
be withdrawn.
'
The Secretary-General met
on Thursday with the representatives of the nine Member
States that have made units
available to UNFICYP.
When the UN Security
Council acted earlier this
month to. extend the peace·
keeping operation for another
three months, U Thant stress·
ed the need for ensuring finanCOlltlnued on page eight
The contingent will be the
fifth to be despatched by Canada to serve with the UN
Peace-Keeping Force here.
Colonel G.R. Hale', 'of St.
John's, Newfoundland and Toronto, has taken ovel" as Commander Canadian Contingent
from Colonel J.L. Drewry, of
Ottawa and Cobourg, Ontario,
who is returning to Canadian
Forces Headquarters, in Ottawa. Commanding Officer of
the Black Watch is Lt.-Col.
D.A, McAlpine, of Montreal
Quebec, While the Hussars:
Squadron Commander is MaContinued on poge four
were placed in custody on 11
March 1966.
The four soldiers - Lcpl
Peter Edge and Dvrs George
Chadwick, Peter Bell and Raymond George Emmett, all of
the UNFICYP Transportation
Unit in Nicosia - were alleged to have been involved in
the illegal carriage of cement;
uniforms and other prohibited
items for Turkish Cypriots 1n
Nlcosla and Famagusta in late
February and early March this
year.
The
Commander
British
Contingent Immediately convened a Special District Court
Martial to try the accused on
charges of conduct to the prejudice of good order and mll!taly discipline, and failing to
observe Contingent orders on
this subject.
The four accused pleaded
guilty and on 23 March were
sentenced as follows: Lcpl
Edge and DvI' Chadwick, nine
months detention; Dvrs Bell
and Emmett, eighteen months
Imprisonment and Ignom.!nious
discharge,
On 16 March, the Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations,
Ambassador Sivert A. Nielsen
sent a message to the Secretary-General, 'U Thant, in
which he said that the Government Of Norway had decided
to make a contribution of
375,500 Norwegian
Kroner
CQntinulld on page four
Continued on page eight
UNFICYP COSTS
Further
contributions
from Norway
and Italy
orway and Italy have in.
N
formed the United Na.tions that they will make further contributions to meet the
operational costs of the United
Nations Force in Cyprus.
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THE BLUE BERET
Wednesday, 30th March, 1966
HULEFORSKN ING
Yore hulefoskere har for nylig fundet en klippespalte, som i
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 hjemfoere disse billed er. Oeverst ses med ryggen 'il loejtnant N. Kjaer,
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.
Stabskompagniets folk hor i sidste uge voere-t igennem helicopter-traening og er her Iynskudt under lektlonen, der omfoHer
spring fra flyet i luften- uden brug of faldskaerm.
Sensat;onel' historisk
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 konstabel Laurids Yiborg.
VEDLIGEHOLDELSESSKYDN [N'G
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 snorkeludstyr. 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.
Se-Iv om vagttjeneste og afvikling of orlov IClegger beslag paa
naesten alle har det dog vaeret muligt at gennemfoere nogle "vedIigeholdellsesskydninger. Her instruerer kontingentets skydelaerer og
hjaelpeskriver, premierloejtnant L.A. Schleimann 'konstabel F. Groth
fra B-kompagniet i hvorledes man som Iinksskytte affyrer sit gevaer
i liggende stilJiing unden at faa fipskaeget i klemme i lauen.
En lokal historiker fik lejligbed
til at undersage fllndene, og ban
mener med sikkerhed at kunne sige,
at to"nderne er fra en engelsk fregat
ved navn "MOtley", del' strandede
i en efterarsstorm ud for Famagusta i 1657, 1astet med en sending
<If Cyperns beramte Commanderiayin.
- I betragtning af at tandeme har
Iigget pa havbunden j over tre
hundrede ar er de forblafTende ve1bevarede, og du mun forsigtigl slog
spunsene l13se, viste det sig, at tlOnderne stadig indeho1c1t vino
Mandag rootgen korn en vil1eKpert fra KEO-koncernen tU stede
og llnders13gte vinen. Han konstaterede ikke alene at vinen er drikkelig, men at den er endog srerdeles
Fortsaettes side tre
Wednesday, 30th March, 1966
THE BLUE BERET
Page Three
EVERSTI KOSPENPALO
KOKENUT UUSI
KOMENTAJAMME
alla kertaa tapahtui vaihto tavallista nopeammin jugoslavialaisiIla
T
suillku-cara"eIleilla. YKSP 5 aloitti toimintansa ja sen unsi komentaja, e"el'sti Uolevi Koskenpalo otti ohjat kasiinsli. huktikuun 1 pna. Edellinen, cversti Lauri Boldt oH chtinyt toimia ruorimichena tavaIlista pitempaan - 12 kuukalltta.
Fortsot fro side to
velsmagende. Han regner med,
at vinen m~ vrere verdens relc1ste reldre end vinen i Rosenborgs kreldre i K0benhavn. Samtidig udtrykte experten imidlertid rengstelse
for, at vinen kunne holde sig ret
lrenge, efter at del' nu var kommet
luft til den.
SIDSTE NYT
Ved et m0dc i tirsdllgs mcllcm de
Iokale myndigheder og cbcfen fOl:
DANCON, obcrstl0jtnant E. Lorenzen blev det vedtaget, at vinen skulle
tilfalde det danske kontingent, medens de wmte t0nder skulle aflevcres
tU Cyperns Museum.
Da del' som tidligcre nrevnt er
fare for, at vinen ikke vii kunne holde
sig ret lrenge, har cbefen bestemt, at
vinen "iI blive udskrenket med en
deciliter tiI hver mand nu pit fredag
kl. 17 ved vclfrerdstjcnestens kontor.
Flasker bedes medbragt, og del' er
mulighed for at bente rationer til
kammerater, del' et tjcnstligt forhindl'et i at m0de op, safrcmt skriftlig
fuldmagt medbringes.
SPORTEN
Fodbold i
vindstyrke 9
ampen i 'Famagusta mod
den lokale tyrkisk-cyprioK
tiske klub endte uafgjort 2 - 2.
Paa grund af den strerke blrest
blev karnpen ikke den store oplevelse. Efter at have vreret
bagud 0 • 2. s0rgede konstabel
J.C. Jensen for udligningen med
to Imrtige maa!. Siilndag den
3 April kl. 15 spiller DANCONholdet returkamp, og det bliver
paa stadion indenfor murene i
Famagusta.
Toisaalta ei eversti Koskenpalokaan ole mikaan uusi mies
ulkomailla tai YK-tehtavissa, silla
han on tiWi elmen ehtinyt olla
maailmanjiirjestOn rallhanhlIvaamistehtavissa pariinkin otteeseen.
Lisaksi han on t@iminllt sotilasasiamiehell aplllaisena Lontoossa ja
liipikaynyt vuosi sitten yhteispohjoismaisen YK-kurssin Ruotsissa.
Alkuaan helsinkiHiinen.
Eversli Koskenpalo on syntynyt
21.11.1915 Helsingissa, jossa han
tuli ylioppilaaksi v. 1937, kavi
Kadettikoullln 1938-39 ja Sotakorkeakolllun 1949-51. Banet ylennettiin viinrikiksi 1939, IUlltnantiksi
1940, kapteeniksi 1943, majllriksi
1954, ja everstiluutnantiksi 1959.
Han on 01111t mukana molemmissa sodissamme rintamajollkoissa
jv. komppanianpaiillikkonli.. Sotien
jll.lkeen han palveli JR 9:ssa,
Haminassa ja Oulun Sotilaspiirin
esikunnassa v.l945-52. Han toimi
PuOlllstusvoimain komentajan adjlltanttina v. 1952-55, opettajana
taistelukoulussa v.1957, puolustusministerin adjutanttina v. 1959-64
ja viimeeksi ennen Kyprokselle
tuloaan
patal~o:lllankomentajana
Savon Prikaatissa Mikkelissli..
Paljon Kiertiinyt ja PaIjon Kokenut.
Ulkomailla 011 eversti Koskenpalo ollut:sotilasasiamiehen apulaisena Lontoossa v.1955-56, yhteysupseerina UNEF:in esikunnassa
Suezilla v.1956 ja sotilaallisena
havainnoitsijana
UNOGIL:issa
Lebanonissa v.1958. Vuosi sitten
han osallistui Strangnasissa Ruotsissa j al'jestettyihin yhteispohjoismaisiin YK-kursseihin.
Virkatehtavissiian han on lisiiksi joutunut matukustamaan laajalti kolmessa maanosassa aina kaukaista
Taskentia myoten. On siina kokemusta yhden miehen osalle.
Eversti Koskenpalo on naimisissa, kahden lapsen isii .ia mainitsee
harrastllksikseen kirjallisuuden .ia
kiele(.
~RKKIPPIISPA
Jerusalemin anglikaaninen arkkipiispa MacInnes plstaytyi pataljoonassa, jossa han kavi tervehtimassa myos komentajiamme.
UrheiltlSSa kunnostautuncet saivat mitaIlinsa. Kuvassa ArM Lou~
konen. 21. Kisko 4JK saamasSa ku aistl1 pesiipalIomit>lllia. j.
URHEILUSSA
JA
AUTON AJOSSA
I(U N NOSTAUTUNEET
PALKITTiiN
Nuhteetonta ajotaitoa osoittaneille
kuljettajiUe jaettiin kunluakirjat
ennen kotiin hihtoa. Kuvassa Asko
Kymiil1iinen, 21, Kosld HI, EK saamassa omaansa.
,
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Page Four
New
Ordnance
OC
Pictu red left Captain Peter Matthews, 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 ... ?
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.
Pictured a,bove, General Potter, occomponied by the Squadron 'OC,
Captain Keith May (right) talks to left ta right; Corporal Brian
Buckingham, Corporal Fred Horris and Sergeant Dick foran, ond
below, in an informal moment in the Squadron's 22.0 Club, shores
a J)int with Driver 'Wings' McGann.
Pictured above, the most sought after man in Force Headquarters Postal NCO, Lance-Corporal Terry Bru,ce. Twe'nty-one
year old Terry joined UNFICYP in December last year after previously serving with 19 Infantry Brigade Group at Colchester.
DEATH OF
WARRANT
OFFICER
CAHILL
HE editors of 'THE BLUE
BERET' regret to report
T
the sudden death of Warrant
Officer First Class Jim Cahill,
until recently the UNFICYP
Hygeine Adviser.
Well known to all contingents of the Force for his
work here, thirty-nine year
old WO I Cahill recently returned to the United Kingdom
on rotation after completing a
six month tour, and it was in
Aldershot that he suffered a
heart attack, dying in. the
Cambridge Military Hospl';al
on the 15th March. He leaves
a wife and three children.
Apart from his work, Warrant Officer Cahin took a
great interest In the sporting
life of the Force. A first class
rugby player In his' younger
. days, he still played for the
Force team and also found
time to manage the sIde. He
was a competent referee and
acted In this capacity on several occasions. He was also a
keen' hockey player.
PROFILE:- COLONEL UOLEVI KOSKEJ
New FINCON
HE new CO of FINCON.
T Colonel
Uolevi Koskenpalo
was born in Helsinki in November 1915, matriculated in
1937, attended the Finnish Military Academy 1937-3,9 and
the Staff College of the Finnish Defence Forces in 1949-51. He was commissioned in
1939, promoted Lieutenant in
1940, Captain in 1943, Major
In 1954 and Lieutenant Colonel
In 1959.
In WW IT Colonel Koskenpalo
served as OC of an Infantry
Company in the front lines in
East-Karella and the Karellan
Isthmus. After the war he was
a Company Commander In
the
9th
Infantry
Regiment in Kouvola in 1945-47,
Staff officer at HQ Military
District of North Finland, Oulu, in 1,951-52, after which he
acted as ADC to C-In-C of the
Finnish Defence Forces from
1952-55 and as the Assistant
Military Attache in London
during 1955-56.
Colonel Koskenpalo was an Instructor at the Finnish Combat
School in 1957, ADC to the Minister of Defence from 195964 and CO of a Battalion of
the Savon Prikaati (Savo-Brigade), Mikkeli, from 1964-66.
Besides London he served in
Gaza in H.Q. UNEF as LO
In 1957, and in Lebanon in
190'8, where he was a Mll1tary
Observer with UNOGIL. A
c
year ago
dlnavlan cr
course in,'
His expe'
together"
polntmen
Koskenp'
experien""
the field!
operatIo~
DECOLO~
!I
"514
'~
11
:!
Tniza;
HE,
week ap
tes to t
tions, a ~
Britain t'
out mas
to cease,
against"
ritory. T
ked thei
convey t
tee's gr',
situatio •
scribed
Page Five
N ROTATION
NEXT WEEK
IRCON
from poge one
Lt Col C. V. Carlson
C.V. Carlson, of Regtna and
Ottawa, and the Dragoons'
Squadron Commander is Major W.L. Conrad, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Since the UN Peace-Keeping
Force in Cyprus began operatios in March 1964-, more than
5,000 Canadian soldiers have
served on this island. Canada
in lieu of making cash contri~
butions to the U. Nations, provides soldiers and equipment
at her own expense for peacekeeping duties with UN in various parts of the world. Canadian troops are not paid by the
United Nations but are entirely supported an(l financed by
Canada.
'"~ rests in Aden
1o Britain
from Aden charging the administering power with carrying
out mass arrests and physical
and mental torture. East European and Latin American
members of the Committee joined the Afro-Asian countries
in voting in favour. Australia
and the United States joined
Britain in voting against the
resolUtion and Denmark and
Italy abstained.
Rejecting the charges of
mass arrests and torture, Mr
Frances Brown of Britain told
the Committee that arrests were made solely in the interests
of public safety and on the
strongest evidence of complicity or intended complicity in
acts of Violence. .
Ph~~'~~ ~
Prince who is noaring the end af
his tour in CYPrus. Cpl Prince,
who has been with the Air Corps ~
for' nearly 13 yea rs was a keen
footballer in his day, but now
contents himself with the bockstage activities of the very sue.
cessful Air Corps Gaelic F..ootball
Club.
jar J.A. St. Aubin, also of Montreal.
Returning to Canada after
six months in Cyprus are the
2nd Battalion, The Canadian
Guards, to Camp Petawawa,
and the Reconnaissance Squadron of the Royal Canadian
Dragoons, to Camp Gagetown.
Commanding Officer of the
Canadian Guards is Lt.-Coil.
COURTS
MARTIAL
FOR
UNFICYP
'BRITONS
~
ya
:0
At a demonstrotion and lecture ot HQ UNFICYP, on new developments in roof trussing and quickly erected buildings left to
right: Comdt John Burke, Chief Engineer Officer UNFICYP Cpl
Joe Nolan, Engineer Section, and Capt Waiter Rafferty En~intltlr
Officer 5th Irish Infantry Group.
'
from page one
On Saturday, 26 March, a
UNFICYP spokesman issued
an additional statement in
which it was stated that as a
result of certain parallel Investigations undertakon and
now completed by UNFIOYr
in connection with those that
led to the arrest of the four
soldiers, it could now be revealed that among the "other
prohibited items" which two·
of the soldiers carried for ,
Turkish Cypriots were some
weapons and ammunition. The
accused admitted to have carried 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.
thorough investigations with
the purpose of trying to find
out if other elements of thE)
Force might be implicated.
The investigations established
t.hat no other members of the
Force were involved.
In his earlier statement, the
Force spokesman said that the
Acting Force Commander had
taken st.ringent steps to pre
vent by all means at his di.
sposal UNFICYP troops becoming involved in future illegal
activities.
.
The spokesman also disclosed that further allegations have come to the notice on UN·
FICYF that one of the convicted soldiers may have been
involved in causing a bomb exTwo brothers serving with 5th Irish Infantry Group are Sgt
plosion in Nicosia early in
March. Joint investigations by Paddy and Pte John Tobln. Both brothers are enthusiastit: members
UNFICYP and the Cyprus Go- of the Unit Pipe Band and are also keen sportsmen, John's gome
being hurling while brother Paddy follows socCer.
vernment are continuing.
I
Wednesday, 30th March, 1966
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Page Six
B6RJE L1NDELL SV. RADIO
GoR PROGRAM OM FAMAGUSTA
n del sYenska turister har
E
gastat Cypern under de
g/lngna veckorna. Daribland
syntes intendent BOlje Lindell
pa Sveriges Radios kultur
redaktion. Han har samlat material till fiera program, men
det wm ar aktuelIt kommer att
heta "Famagusta idag". Det
kommer att salldas i Syerigcs
Radio pa paskdagen.
Intendent Lindell har rest
runt oeh besokt bl.a. Larnaea,
Limassol, Troodos oeh Kantara
Castle. Pa LOrdagen giistade
han Carl Gustaf Camp oeh tick
till falle till en intervju med ihesrte Hornqllist. Milndagen tillbringades bl.a. pa Cyprus Radio
i Nicosia, dilr han fick ett band
med grekisk folkmusik, som
ingar i programpunkten "Dikten". LindelI var speeiellt intt.esserad av delta eftersom han
sjaIv producerar programmet
"Onskedikten",
Str ong
fa 1t pat r u I1 ta v I a n
Sekundstrid in
•
I det sista
n i det sistu var det okIart vem som skulle bli zonmastare i patrulInr 6 fran 3. komp oell nr 8 fran Lifkomp lag annn efter
I f1ilttavlan,Patrull
grenar pit samma platssiffra. 3. komp patrull avgjordc cmellertid
lyra
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.
komp:s ptr hade saID samst en 6:e Illaecring i hgrkastning, medan Lifkomp:s siimsL'l grcnllr var skjlltning ocll terranglopning, dar man niidde
5:e placeringar.
Masterskapen, som anordnades
De aterstaende lV\l patrullmedp/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 bakmakter hade "arit nadigll oeh hor.
hjul kora over ett antal klossar ligsammat begaran'om vackert vader.
gande i en ca. 40 m lang serpcntin.
Proyet utfordes med led are, varfOr
Tlivlingarna startade pi\. Dhekedrivern heltftek Jita pa honom.
\ia A-range med gren 1 - skjutning,
Pi\. plats fanns ocksa major Erik
Bast visade sig.ptr 3, STR-komp,
Ahlberg, Jonkoping, som hlilsade
yara med tiden 2 min oeh 3 sek.
deltagarna (18 patruller om fyra
Grensegrare bley emellertid pt!' 17
man) valkomna samt uttryckte en
fran STR-komp pa pJatssiffra 9.
fOrhoppning om en god kamp.
Skjutningen visade sig vara fOr
svllr fOr mlmga patrulIer. Maxpoang
var 42 oeh basta resultat uppnadde
av ptr 10, 3. komp, som fiek 30
poang.
Niista gren var avstandsbestamning. Tvil. man stegad~ efter en
ganska kuperad bana medan de
ovriga tvi\. fick vardera bedomma
tva avstttnd. Segrare i denna gren
var ptr 6 (slutlig segrare) foUd av
ptr 8 (slutlig tv<l.a).
Tredje grenen, handgranatskastning, giek pi' Reindeer Camp,
Varje man gjorde tre kast mot en
dubbelring beH\gen pa ] 5, 20, 25
el1er 30 meters aysti1nd. Maximalt
kunde man erhAIla 28 poling. Hela
21 lyekades ptr nr 3 fdln STRkomp kasta till sig, vilket rackte
till en knapp seger fore ptr 2, 3,
komp, som hade 20 poang.
Nast sista gren var det kombinerade signal- och motorprovet, dar
platssiffrorna fran de tvfl proven lades
samman for att pa sa satt fa
fram grensegraren. Tva man skulIe
byta ackunUllatorer oeh batted pi\.
Ra 122 resp 105, uppriitta stn samt
gora forbindelseprov.
Ptr 8, Lifoeh visade sig vara helt suverana
komp, utfOrde provet pa 1 min oeh
58,1 sek.
Jnror sista grenen, terriinglopning, lag si\lcl\es ptr 6 ooh 8 pa
samma platssitfra - 13. Diirpa
fOljde tv1\ ptr pa 28 oeh en pa 29
poang. Terrangbanan, som matte
ca. 2 km, hade 12 inlagda hinder,
vilka salte deItagarna pa YerkligL
prov. Patrull'"15 fran 3. komp tog
hem segern pit den utmarkta tiden
9.23,6 min taU fOre 2. komp ptr nr
Forts paa sid 7
Har cnepisod fran patrullfiilttiivlan. Tommy Dahleu, Uppsalll, krYPcl
genom ett av hindren, medan serg. Anders Rydlulld, HassJcholm, vantal
pa sin tur.
MalariakontroJlen p,t Cypern piig!lr just uu for fulIt. Pit bildcn syns
HQ:s Warrant Officer H. Edward Bustin, tillsammans med sin svcnske
koIlega, fOrvaItarc Lars Lager, Motala. Diskussiollcn om malaria problemen agde rum i byn Psilatos melllln Chatos ocll Lcfkoniko.
AKTUELLA ROTATIONER
Aren ar rotationernas tid.
Finska kontingenten har redan
fatt ned sin fOrtrupp och har mi'mdag-torsdag fullfOljt sin rotation.
Det ar samtidigt en reduktion,
eftersom 344 hemyandande finska
FN-soldat erersattsav 208 oeh totala
styrkan ay Fincon nu ar e:a 650
man. Rotationen skats av Adriatic med fern st Caravelle oeh en
DC6 for godstransporten.
Ny chef efter oYel'ste L Boldt,
som varit pft Cypern de senaste
elya m1'1naderna, ar overste O. Koskenpalo.
V
•••
Den turkiska armekontingenten
roterade pa tisdagen i Famagusta.
350 man, 40 offieerare, 23 underofficerare oeh 237 Dvriga anlande
med trupptransportfartyget Onanln. Motsyarancle antal liimnade
Cypcrn och fOrlaggningen Orta
Key, non om Nicosia.
FN ansYarade fCir transporten
och den svenska bataIjonen svarade fOr organiserandet oeh skyddet
i hamnen. Kontrol1en av godset
utfOrdes gemensamt ay tulI- och
FN-persona!.
• ••
Aven den svenska bataljonen gar
rotationsfeber. En' fortnlPP pa
c:a 70 man kommer ner den 6 april
nasta veeka, lagom till pask. Nye
bataljonschefen overste Lars Laven
beri\knas anli\nda den 18 april och
den slutliga rotationen ager rum
mellan den 24-29.
Nuyamnde chefen, Civerste Iwan
Hornquist, uker i fCirsta flighten
hem, varfOr iiverHimnandet av
befiUet kommer att ske omkring
den 20 apri!.
Niigon reduktion av den svenska
styrkan i samband med rotationen,
ar inte aktuell. Bat. 34 C kommer
alt rlikna 755 man.
THE BLUE BERET
_Wednesday, 30th March, 196&
Page Seven
New Ops (A)2
Joi:ns Force
Taking over shortly 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
tests for 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
Suomi ja Ruotsi ottivat mittaa lentopalIossa. Suomi voitti 3-0
(15-12) (15-8) ja (15·3). Seurllava koitos ensi kuussa Famagustassa.
Svenskarna matte finnarna i en volley - ball· match forra sondagen.
Den ltar gangen vann finnarna 3-0. ,---------_._--_----!
The programme consisted of
route marches followed immediately by physical strength,
coordination and agility exercises. The final tests were carried out with each member of
the Dragoons' squadron wearing complete battle order.
The
whole
test
programme had to be completed
within two and a half hours
or else the soldier did not
qualify al]d had to be re!ested.
Sekundsfrid..
fraan sld 6
16, som hade 9.29,8. r striden
n"lellan ptr 6 oeh 8 avgiek, som sagt,
ptr 6 med segern genom att beHigga
en 4:e pIats mot ptr 8 5:e pIats.
Hart anda in i det sista!
Efter terrlinglopnlngen utdeIade
kompeh, mj Ahlberg, I 4:s medalj er till de fyl'a fdi.msta lagen samt
aY signalist Bengt K1U1man, Soderhamn, forfardigade diplol11 till
segral'na.
Furil' Arne Jansson, HagEors;
furir Hans Carlsson, Eskilstllna;
J-Hikan Andersson, Malltorp oeh
SYen-Erik Alldersson, Sibbhult, kan
aUts1\. satta zonm1\stare I patrull:falttiivlan pa sina visitkort j forts fi.ttningen.
were in accordance with the Canadian Army physical standards for field units. Because of the more favorable Qlimatic
conditions of Cyprus, as compared with Canadian winter
weather at this time of the year, the squadron wisely chose
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. Conrad, Squadron CO, and supervised 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.
Under watchful eye
of Sgt.
J.A.R. Labelle, 0 member of Royal
Canadian Drergoons Squodronprepo res to lift and ,carry a fellow
trooper for two-nundred yards.
Andre pristagarna heter: Furir
Lars AhImark, Go1eborg; furir
Ake Johansson, Oskarshamn; krp
Tommy Pettersson, Matfors; krp
Ba SkogIulld, Arbnl.
Tredje pristagarna; Furlr Arne
I-IaIm, Guldsmedshyttan; Rolf
LindhoIm, Galla, Lars Hedvall,
Lesjafors oeh Lars Krantz, Un
koping.
Fjiil'de pris tillf<:Hl: Lt .pnar Jonassan, Kristinehamn; Oiu Tors'-ten StAlnaeke, Svappavaara; furir
Johan Leljoll, Solna oeh Lennart
A,.rvidsson, Rarvlk.
The B~UE BERET Is published by the
Infarmatlon Office of the United
Natiana Farce In Cyprua, (UNF1CYP).
<:ammunications,
ortlc:l"s Of" . , .
should be addrellled to:The Editor
~Ulfl"s
THE BLUE IlERET
WOLSELEY BARRACKS
HQ UNFICYP
Member of Royal Canadian Dragoons Squadron, wearing complete battle order dress, goes over a six-foot wol:1 ne has just sc:oled.
THE BL.UE BERET
Page Eight
STOP PRESS
REPORT FROM '14-NATION COMMITTEE
THIRTY TO fIfTY
MILLION DOllARS
NEEDED 10 SOL YES
UN'S fiNANCIAL
DIFFICUlTIES
N expert panel has estimated that the United Nations
A will
need - in round figures - from 30 to 50 million
dollars in additional voluntary contributions to get out of
its current financial troubles.
This was announced last the end of this year. The bulk
week by Mr. Mario Majoli of of the.se is related to the U.N.
Italy, Chairman of the 14-na- military operation in the Contion Committee set up by the go - now concluded - and
U.N. General Assembly to re- the continuing peace-keeping
view the United Nations finanoperations in the states have
cial situation.
A number of States have
Mr. Majoli noted that some
declined to help finance one or
20 m1l1ion dollars had already
both of these undertakings for
been donated by various states political and legal reasons.
in response to the SecretaryMr. Majoli said that as to
General's appeal last year for
contributions to overcome the bhe long-term financial sltuatjion, th~ Expert Committee
United Nations' short range
noted that 186.4 million dolmoney problems.
lars remained to be paid on
The Committee, he said, es- the D.N. bond issue through
timated that further voluntary its maturity in 1990. The moconi ributions ranging from
ney raised through the sale of
3::1.9. to -'3.3 million" dollars
was used for the Congo
would be needed to meet ob- bonds
and Middle East operatiOI$
ligations involved into as of and
most of the countries
which did not help finance
these, Mr. Majoll said, had declined to help retire the bonds;
the result was a recurrent
yearly deficity of 2.4 million
dollars.
Further
contributions
to UNFICYP
costs
...from page one
- approximately 50,000 dollars - to meet the costs In
connection with the extension
of the Force mandate fr6m
27 December 196'5 to 26 March
1966.
Furthermore,
Ambassador
Nielson said that "in view of
the critical financial situation"
of UNFICYP hia Government
had also decided to make a
further contribution of 72,500
Norwegian kroner - approximately 10,140 dollars towards meeting the deficiency
ln the Force account. This
contribution,he said, is in addi I':Jn X-.o theJ 14,000 <!oUlars
contributed by Norway in December.
On 24 March, the Permanent Representative of Italy to
the United Nations, Ambasaador Piero Vinci, informed U
Thant that his Government will
contribute 135,000 dollars to
the CQst of UNFICYP for the
three-mop.ths period from 27
December ;1965 to 26 March.
Wednesday, 30th March, 1966
The Committee's report on
the l}.N.'s financial difficulties
Is expected within a few days.
The group will then meet
again, In Geneva, to survey
the bUdgetary problems of the
U.N. and its specialized ~en­
cies as a whole.
IJNFICYP assists, observe~
Partial relief of TorkislJ
National Uontingent
THE
relief of part of the Turkish National Continger
in Cyprus started to take place as the BLUE BERE
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'
NCO's .and two hundred and FICYP were at both the sta:
and end of e,ach pac!,et, U
eighty-seven other ranks,
Civilian Police escorts we]
personal baggage and battaalso provided to lead conV03
lion stores arrived on the
into, and out of, Nicosia an
Turkish
ship
"Basharan"
which docked at Famagusta Famagusta.
at 0720 hours on Tuesday
UNFICYP observer team
morning.
supervised the operation l
An outgoing draft of aphoth Nicosi,a and Famagust
proximately
the
same
Preparations were bein
strength was scheduled to
made to carry the operatio
leave the Turkish National
Contingent are,a at Orta though until the late evenin
Keuy yesterday in the after- when the "Basharan" Wl
expected to leave Famagus1
noon.
for Turkey.
UNFICYP provided the necessary three-ton ,and ten-ton
The last partial relief '
trucks for the operation. Es- the Turkish National ContiJ
corts consisting of scout cars gent took place in Septen
from the Canadian Royal bel' last year.
DIVE TO HISTOR'
DANISH SKIN-DIVERS FIND 300 YEAR
OLD WINE CASKS. AT FAMAGUST,
Danish Privates on leave at Famagusta made a
T hree
sationa.1 discovery on Sunday afternoon, when during tl
Bel
first skin-diving session of their leave, they brought to Jig!
two barrels of wine estimated to be at least three hundrl
years old.
• The three PFCs, L. Viborg,
ley' which had gone asho]
N.A. Thomsen and S. Sorensen near Famagusta in 1657. ca
were diving off the rocks near rying a cargo of Command!
the Constantia Hotel when ria wine.
they found a old wooden cask
Despite the fact that tl
which they managed to bring
ashore. Later they found a si- barrels have been in the wab
milar cask in the same area. for more than three hundre
A local historian who exa- years, they are extraordinaril
mined their find stated that well preserved, and when tl
the two barrels probably came taps were opened, they we)
found still to contain win,
from the British frigate 'MotThe following day a wine el
pert was called in and he st!
ted that it was not only drin!
able but of an excellent qual
ty. However, he feared thl
the wine would not remal
good for very long as it ha
now been exposed to the ai
Irish ask· to UN to pay
extra Contingent costs
from page one
cial support. He also warned Ireland has met both ordinathat unless unforseen support
ry and extraordinary expenses
were provided, the United Na- of her troops. However, Extions would not be able to fulternal Affairs Minister, Mr.
ly reimburse the Governments
Frank Aiken, told the Dail
providing units for the extra
(Parliament) in DUblin' on
costs. they incurred.
Wednesday last that the Irish
UNFrCYp is running a curGovernment was seeking rerent deficit of over 2.5 million
imbursement of past extra
dollars, an<l, as of last Thursexpenses as well as requesting
day, only one million dollars
that new ones be met by the
had been pledged toward the
D.N.
estimated oosts of over five
Mr. Aiken said that Ireland
million dollars for the new
had done bel' share and more
three-month period beginning In supporting D.N. peace26 Maroh.
.
keeping operations _ and this
During tbe two years the
task should not be left to a
Force has beep 'in 'o:peratfon~;'i;J~W' . "':':'~i':;,.
At a meeting held yesterda
while 'Blue Beret' was goin
to press, local authorities an
the
Commanding
Office
DANCON, Lieutenant Colonl
E. Lorenzen decided that ID
FICYP should be allowed t
dispose of the wine, believe
to be the oldest in the wor!(
and that the casks should b
given to the Cyprus Museun
Colonel Lorenzen then decide
that the wine will be offere
free to anyone who turns u
at the Damah Welfare OffiCI
opposite the Ledra Palace Hc
tel, Nicosia, at 1700 hI'S 0
Friday, 1st April. The onl
condition attached is the
drinkers should bring thei
own glass.