The threat of world wide nuclear war was suddenly reduced as the USSR fragmented and its international influence was severely reduced.
Canadian forces are now even more heavily committed in the service of peace than ever before.
While the force was enroute, the Canadian Government refused a British request to pay for the British contingent costs and, as a result, Britain ordered its soldiers to turn back, leaving the Canadian component under Colonel Garnet Wolseley to carry on alone. As much of the command and control infrastructure for the force was British, this left the force with virtually no communications above unit level. RCSigs personnel arrived in Korea on 4 May 1951 and found their duties were particularly challenging because of the mountainous terrain , poor roads, frequent moves and miserable weather. The signalling duties continued until late 1954. Wearing blue berets for the first time, operators, technicians and linemen of 56 Signal Squadron provided internal UNEF communications.