Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµITED NATIONS
Department of Public Information
Press and Publications Bureau
Lake Success, New York
Press Release PAL/207
5 July 1948
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ MEDIATOR ON PALESTINE PROPOSES
AN ARMED GUARD FOR JERUSALEM
(The following has been received from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press Officer with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Mediator in Rhodes)
Count Folke Bernadotte, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Mediator on Palestine, revealed today at a press conference prior to his departure for Tel Aviv, that he had already proposed through the Secretary-General of the United Nations that France, Belgium and the United States — the three members of the Truce Commission — provide a force of 1,000 armed guards for Jerusalem. Count Bernadotte added that an additional force would be required for Haifa.
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Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: United Nations Mediator on Palestine
Subject: International presence, Jerusalem
Publication Date: 05/07/1948
Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: United Nations Mediator on Palestine
Subject: International presence, Jerusalem
Publication Date: 05/07/1948