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CAPLEGRAM DATED 25 SEPTEMBER 1948 FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OF TRANSJORDAN

ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNING ALLEGED VIOLATION BY

JEWISH PORCES*

 

 

"IN THE MORNING OF 23 SEPTEMBER 1948 A TRANSJORDAN CIVIL PLANE WHILE MAKING ITS USUAL FLIGHT BETWEEN BEIRUT AND AMMAN WAS CHASE BY A JEWISH FIGHTER WHICH PURSUED IT 30 KILOMETERS WITHIN THE TRANSJORDAN TERRITORY OPENING FIRE AT IT Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµTIL IT WAS SET ON FIRE AND FINALLY DROPPED. CONSEQUENTLY THREE OF THE CIVIL PASSENGERS WERE KILLED AND THE OTHER TWO WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE TRANSJORDAN GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THIS ACTION A BARBARIC CRIME AGAINST CIVILIANS WHO HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION. TWO OF THE CASUALTIES ARE FOREIGNERS. THE TRANSJORDAN GOVERNMENT FURTHER CONSIDERS THIS ACTION  OVER A TRANSJORDAN TERRITORY A SERIOUS BREACH OF THE TRUCE ON THE PART OF THE JEWS. FOR YOUR INFORMATION WE AWAIT IMMEDIATE NECESSARY ACTION"

 

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See cablegram dated 24 September 1948 from Mr. Ralph Bunche ().


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Document Type: Cablegram
Document Sources: Security Council, United Nations Mediator on Palestine
Country: Jordan
Subject: Casualties, Incidents, Middle East situation
Publication Date: 25/09/1948