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Ms. Han did not practice medicine in China in the 1950s or at any other time
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Ms. Leon Comber was a superintendent (not assistant superintendent) with the Malayan police, and acted as assistant commissioner
On the morning of Sunday, 25 June, 1950, communist forces from North Korea crossed the border into South Korea. The next day, on 26 June, President Harry S. Truman ordered American air and naval forces to go to the assistance of South Korea, and Clement Attlee in the House of Commons expressed support for Mr. Truman's actions.
On 27 June, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution recommending that all members of the UN furnish such assistance to the Republic of Korea as may be necessary to meet the armed attack.' The Korean War had begun.
The unexpected outbreak of the Korean War took all newspapers by surprise but The Times had Ian Ernest McLeavy Morrison, a member of its staff, in the Far East at that time. By August of that year he would be dead.
Born in Beijing on 31 May 1913, he was the son of the famous Australian journalist, Dr. George Ernest Morrison (4 February 1862-29 May 1920) and a New Zealander Jennie Wark Robin (1889 – 20 June 1923), Dr. Morrison's former secretary who he had married in 1912. Dr. Morrison was known as "China Morrison" and was himself a correspondent for The Times during 1897-1912 and later political adviser to the Chinese Government.
His brother, Alastair Gwynne Morrison was born on 24 August 1915. He ultimately joined the Diplomatic
Dr. Morrison and his three sons, Ian, Colin and Alastair, 1917, (Mitchell Library)
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Ms.Han did not practice medicine in China in the 1950s or at any other time
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Ms.Leon Comber was a superintendent (not assistant superintendent) with the Malayan police, and acted as assistant commssioner]
On the morning of Sunday, 25 June, 1950, communist forces from North Korea crossed the border into South Korea. The next day, on 26 June, President Harry S. Truman ordered American air and naval forces to go to the assistance of South Korea, and Clement Attlee in the House of Commons expressed support for Mr. Truman's actions.
On 27 June, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution recommending that all members of the UN furnish such assistance to the Republic of Korea as may be necessary to meet the armed attack.' The Korean War had begun.
The unexpected outbreak of the Korean War took all newspapers by surprise but The Times had Ian Ernest McLeavy Morrison, a member of its staff, in the Far East at that time. By August of that year he would be dead.
Born in Beijing on 31 May 1913, he was the son of the famous Australian journalist, Dr. George Ernest Morrison (4) February 1862-29 May 1920) and a New Zealander Jennie Wark Robin (1889 – 20 June 1923), Dr. Morrison's former secretary who he had married in 1912. Dr. Morrison was known as "China Morrison" and was himself a correspondent for The Times during 1897- 1912 and later political adviser to the Chinese Government.
His brother, Alastair Gwynne Morrison was born on 24 August 1915. He ultimately joined the Diplomatic
Dr. Morrison and his three sons, Ian, Colin and
Alastair, 1917, (Mitchell Library)
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