ISRAEL: U.N. MISSION INVESTIGATING SHOOTING OUTBREAK ALONG JORDAN-ISRAEL ARMISTICE LINES.
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324515
ISRAEL: U.N. MISSION INVESTIGATING SHOOTING OUTBREAK ALONG JORDAN-ISRAEL ARMISTICE LINES.
- Title: ISRAEL: U.N. MISSION INVESTIGATING SHOOTING OUTBREAK ALONG JORDAN-ISRAEL ARMISTICE LINES.
- Date: 5th February 1965
- Summary: THE TWO-MAN MISSION AT MOUNT ZION LOOKING AT THE BORDER WITH SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICERS, AND OFFICERS OF THE ARMISTICE COMMISSION. Initials AA/S/JF/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 20th February 1965 12:00
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- Location: MOUNT ZION, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVAC4BJQ7YCBPL3RKX3YBM8C2W5Y
- Story Text: THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION INVESTIGATING THE OUTBREAKS OF FIRING ALONG THE JORDAN-ISRAEL ARMISTICE LINES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ISRAELI SECTOR OF JERUSALEM.
INVESTIGATING THE DETERIORATING SITUATION ON BEHALF OF U THANT ARE MAJOR-GENERAL INDARJIT RIKHYE OF INDIA, THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER, AND MR. PIER SPINELLI, DIRECTOR OF THE U.N. EUROPEAN OFFICE IN GENEVA.
THIS MISSION ARRIVED IN JORDAN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, AND AFTER TALKS WITH THE JORDANIAN SIDE CROSSED THE BORDER ON WEDNESDAY. ITS AIM, SAID MR. SPINELLI, WAS TO SEEK A LOWERING OF TENSION ALONG THE BORDER.
ON TODAY'S TOUR OF THE ARMISTICE LINES. COLONEL YOSEF CALEV, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER TO THE MIXED ARMISTICE COMMISSIONS, ACTED AS GUIDE.
THE MISSION IS EXPECTED TO REPORT BACK TO U THANT SHORTLY.
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