{"id":211538,"date":"1948-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=211538"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:11:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:11:53","slug":"auto-insert-211538","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-211538\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassination of ±¬ÁÏÍø Mediator – Cablegram from SecGen Personal Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CABLEGRAM FROM R. B±¬ÁÏÍøCHE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n
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OF SECRETARY-GENERAL, DATED 17 SEPTEMBER 1948 ADDRESSED<\/p><\/div>\n

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TO SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNING ASSASSINATION<\/p><\/div>\n

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OF ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS MEDIATOR<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY CO±¬ÁÏÍøCIL:<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>CO±¬ÁÏÍøT FOLKE BERNADOTTE, ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS MEDIATOR ON PALESTINE, BRUTALLY ASSASSINATED BY JEWISH ASSAILANTS OF ±¬ÁÏÍøKNOWN 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 ±¬ÁÏÍøITED 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 ±¬ÁÏÍøIFORMS 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±¬ÁÏÍøT BERNADOTTE AND COLONEL ANDRE P SEROT FRENCH AIR FORCES, ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS OBSERVER, SITTING BESIDE HIM IN REAR OF CAR, WERE BOTH HIT SEVERAL TIMES COLONEL SEROT BEING KILLED INSTANTLY, AND CO±¬ÁÏÍøT BERNADOTTE HAVING LOST CONSCIOUSNESS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, DYING WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF HIS ARRIVAL AT HADASSAH HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS DRIVEN BY ±¬ÁÏÍø SECRETARIAT OFFICER FRANK BEGLEY, WHO WAS DRIVER OF MEDIATORS CAR TIME OF ATTACK AND WHO SUFFERED ONLY POWDER BURNS.  GENERAL AAGE L±¬ÁÏÍøDSTROM, CHIEF OF STAFF OF TRUCE SUPERVISION, ALSO SEATED IN REAR OF CAR, MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED INJURY.  COMMANDER WILLIAM R COX ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS NAVY, ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS OBSERVER, SEATED IN FRONT OF CAR ALSO ±¬ÁÏÍøINJURED.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>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±¬ÁÏÍøT DOWN ASSAILANTS.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>SITUATION IN JERUSALEM TENSE.  CONSULTING WITH TRUCE COMMISSION AND SENIOR OBSERVERS CONCERNING FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS AFFECTING OBSERVER PERSONNEL IN JERUSALEM WHO ARE IN CONSTANT DANGER.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>GENERAL L±¬ÁÏÍøDSTROM, 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 ±¬ÁÏÍøITED STATES MARINES, SENIOR ±¬ÁÏÍøATIONS OBSERVER.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>ALL MEMBERS OF OBSERVER CORPS AND ±¬ÁÏÍøITED 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<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tB±¬ÁÏÍøCHE\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tPersonal Representative of\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tthe Secretary-General to the\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tUnited Nations Mediator\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CABLEGRAM FROM R. B±¬ÁÏÍøCHE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL, DATED 17 SEPTEMBER 1948 ADDRESSED TO SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNING ASSASSINATION OF ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS MEDIATOR FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY CO±¬ÁÏÍøCIL: CO±¬ÁÏÍøT FOLKE BERNADOTTE, ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS MEDIATOR ON PALESTINE, BRUTALLY ASSASSINATED BY JEWISH ASSAILANTS OF ±¬ÁÏÍøKNOWN IDENTITY, IN PLANNED, COLD-BLOODED ATTACK IN THE NEW CITY OF JERUSALEM AT […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[3345],"document-source":[5352,1362],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1857,1749],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-211538","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-cablegram","document-source-secretary-general","document-source-security-council","document-subject-incidents","document-subject-palestine-question","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/211538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/211538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=211538"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=211538"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=211538"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=211538"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=211538"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=211538"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=211538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}