UN Document S/748
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CABLEGRAM DATED 16 MAY 1948 FROM THE KING OF TRANSJORDAN ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
WE WERE COMPELLED TO ENTER PALESTINE TO PROTECT UNARMED ARABS AGAINST MASSACRES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF DEIR YASIN. WE ARE AWARE OF OUR NATIONAL DUTY TOWARDS PALESTINE IN GENERAL AND JERUSALEM IN PARTICULAR AND ALSO NAZARETH AND BETHLEHEM. BE SURE THAT WE WILL BE VERY CONSIDERATE IN CONNECTION WITH JEWS IN PALESTINE AND WHILE MAINTAINING AT THE SAME TIME THE FULL RIGHT OF THE ARABS IN PALESTINE.
ZIONISM DID NOT REACT TO OUR OFFERS MADE BEFORE THE ENTRY OF ARMED FORCES.
ABDULLAH R.
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