New Zealand dispatched its first troops to the Korean War, as the ships HMNZS Pukaki and the HMNZS Tutira departed to aid the UN war effort [REF].
In a cablegram sent from North Korea's Foreign Minister, Pak Hen Nen, to United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, North Korea announced that it had no intention of agreeing to the UN Security Council resolution 82, calling for an end to hostilities and withdrawal of troops [REF].