Observing that he is an American commander of a United Nations command security battalion, he said, "A strike here would be a strike on all three flags" of the United States, South Korea and the United Nations.
Australia was one of the first nations to commit units to the fighting, playing a small but sometimes significant part in the United Nations Command, which was initially led by General Douglas MacArthur.
When the copper-rich province of Katanga then seceded, the United Nations found itself trying to maintain Congo's territorial integrity and independence, get all foreigners not under United Nations command out of the country and prevent civil war.
The B case, in particular, describes the difficulties of US troops serving under United Nations command.
It is still not clear whether they will be under direct United Nations command or deployed in some other way.
A direct telephone link between the two offices will be set up and also direct telephone lines with the United Nations command will be maintained by both offices.
Gen. James H. Skeldon of the United States Army, rep resenting the United Nations command, said that the charges would be investigated.
Some countries, like France and Germany, have long made it clear that they will contribute troops only under United Nations command.
Along with the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, the directive sets out the conditions under which American troops may be placed under United Nations command.
As a result, the Clinton administration recently decided to take a new tack and help build a regional force to fight under the United Nations command.
The United Nations command called for a meeting at the level of generals to protest the sinking, which it considers a violation of the 1953 armistice that halted the Korean War.
