867n.404Wailing Wall/244: Telegram
The Consul General at Jerusalem (Knabenshue) to the Secretary of State
Jerusalem, October 7, 1929—10
a.m.
[Received 11:40 a.m.]
[Received 11:40 a.m.]
My September 25, 1 p.m. The High Commissioner has informed me:
- 1.
- That his Government has compromised with Jewish demands and will permit counsel to ask pertinent questions of witnesses but not plead case.
- 2.
- That he has asked for counsel to defend Palestine Government officials.
- 3.
- That likewise Arabs will be represented by British counsel, and
- 4.
- That Commission, delayed by negotiations, will arrive on October 24.51
Knabenshue
- For the report of the Commission, see Great Britain, Cmd. 3530 (1930), Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August, 1929.↩