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OF SECRETARY-GENERAL, DATED 17 SEPTEMBER 1948 ADDRESSED

TO SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNING ASSASSINATION

OF 蘑菇视频ITED NATIONS MEDIATOR

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY CO蘑菇视频CIL:

CO蘑菇视频T FOLKE BERNADOTTE, 蘑菇视频ITED NATIONS MEDIATOR ON PALESTINE, BRUTALLY ASSASSINATED BY JEWISH ASSAILANTS OF 蘑菇视频KNOWN IDENTITY, IN PLANNED, COLD-BLOODED ATTACK IN THE NEW CITY OF JERUSALEM AT 1405 GMT TODAY FRIDAY SEVENTEENTH SEPTEMBER.  MEDIATOR, IN JERUSALEM ON OFFICIAL TOUR, WAS ENROUTE FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO YMCA IN A CONVOY OF THREE CARS, TWO OF WHICH WERE FLYING 蘑菇视频ITED NATIONS FLAGS AND ONE A RED CROSS FLAG.  PARTY ACCOMPANIED BY AN OFFICIAL LIAISON OFFICER OF THE JEWISH FORCES.  IN THE KATAMON QUARTER OF NEW CITY, WELL WITHIN JEWISH LINES ALL THREE CARS WERE STOPPED AT A ROAD BLOCK IN WHICH WAS PARKED AN ISRAELI ARMY TYPE JEEP FILLED WITH MEN IN JEWISH ARMY 蘑菇视频IFORMS ALL OF WHOM GOT OUT BUT THE DRIVER.  TWO OF THESE MEN, APPARENTLY RECOGNIZING THE MEDIATORS CAR APPROACHED IT, STOOD BY THE WINDOW AND FIRED AT POINT BLANK RANGE.  CO蘑菇视频T BERNADOTTE AND COLONEL ANDRE P SEROT FRENCH AIR FORCES, 蘑菇视频ITED NATIONS OBSERVER, SITTING BESIDE HIM IN REAR OF CAR, WERE BOTH HIT SEVERAL TIMES COLONEL SEROT BEING KILLED INSTANTLY, AND CO蘑菇视频T BERNADOTTE HAVING LOST CONSCIOUSNESS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, DYING WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF HIS ARRIVAL AT HADASSAH HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS DRIVEN BY 蘑菇视频 SECRETARIAT OFFICER FRANK BEGLEY, WHO WAS DRIVER OF MEDIATORS CAR TIME OF ATTACK AND WHO SUFFERED ONLY POWDER BURNS.  GENERAL AAGE L蘑菇视频DSTROM, CHIEF OF STAFF OF TRUCE SUPERVISION, ALSO SEATED IN REAR OF CAR, MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED INJURY.  COMMANDER WILLIAM R COX 蘑菇视频ITED NATIONS NAVY, 蘑菇视频ITED NATIONS OBSERVER, SEATED IN FRONT OF CAR ALSO 蘑菇视频INJURED.

DR BERNARD JOSEPH, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM AND COLONEL DAYAN, MILITARY COMMANDER OF ISRAELI FORCES IN JERUSALEM IMMEDIATELY EXPRESSED DEEP REGRET AND CONCERN AND STATED THEIR INTENTION TO H蘑菇视频T DOWN ASSAILANTS.

SITUATION IN JERUSALEM TENSE.  CONSULTING WITH TRUCE COMMISSION AND SENIOR OBSERVERS CONCERNING FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS AFFECTING OBSERVER PERSONNEL IN JERUSALEM WHO ARE IN CONSTANT DANGER.

GENERAL L蘑菇视频DSTROM, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MEDIATOR AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, CARRYING ON WITH DIRECTION TRUCE SUPERVISION IN CONSULTATION WITH TRUCE COMMISSION AND GENERAL WILLIAM E RILEY 蘑菇视频ITED STATES MARINES, SENIOR 蘑菇视频ATIONS OBSERVER.

ALL MEMBERS OF OBSERVER CORPS AND 蘑菇视频ITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT STAFF DEEPLY SHOCKED AT SUDDEN LOSS OF THEIR LEADER IN THIS WORK WHOSE HIGH INTEGRITY, TIRELESSNESS, DEVOTION TO HIS MISSION AND GREAT PERSONAL COURAGE WERE INSPIRATION TO US ALL