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CABLEGRAM DATED 17 SEPTEMBER 1948 ADDRESSED BY RALPH BÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµCHE,

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL,

TO MR. M. SHERTOK, FOREIGN MINISTER OF ISRAEL,

CONCERNING ASSASSINATION OF Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµITED NATIONS MEDIATOR

"MURDER IN COLD BLOOD OF COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµT BERNADOTTE Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµATIONS MEDIATOR PALESTINE AND OF COLONEL SEROT IN KATAMON QUARTER OF JERUSALEM TODAY BY JEWISH ASSAILANTS IS OUTRAGE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL COMMÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµITY AND Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµSPEAKABLE VIOLATION ELEMENTARY MORALITY.  THIS TRAGIC ACT OCCURRED WHEN COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµT BERNADOTTE ACTING Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDER AUTHORITY OF Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµITED NATIONS WAS ON OFFICIAL TOUR OF DUTY IN JERUSALEM AND IN PRESENCE OF LIAISON OFFICER ASSIGNED TO HIM BY THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES HIS SAFETY THEREFORE AND THAT OF HIS LIEUTENANTS Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDER THE ORDINARY RULES LAW AND ORDER WAS A RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT ISRAEL WHOSE ARMED FORCES AND REPRESENTATIVES CONTROL AND ADMINISTER THE A……

THIS ACT CONSTITUTES A BREACH OF THE TRUCE OF UTMOST GRAVITY FOR WHICH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT ISRAEL MUST ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY

IN THIS CONNECTION I FEEL OBLIGATED TO RECORD VIEW THAT PREJUDICIAL AND Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFOÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµDED STATEMENTS CONCERNING TRUCE SUPERVISION ATTRIBUTED TO YOU AND COLONEL YADIN AS HAVING BEEN MADE AT YOUR PRESS CONFERENCE IN TEL AVIV THURSDAY SEPTEMBER SIXTEEN AND AS REPORTED IN PALESTINE POST SEPTEMBER 17 ARE NOT THE KIND OF STATEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE CALCULATED DISCOURAGE REPREHENSIBLE ACTS THIS KIND"

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Document Type: Cablegram
Document Sources: Security Council, United Nations Mediator on Palestine
Country: Israel
Subject: Middle East situation, Terrorism
Publication Date: 17/09/1948