867N.00/285: Telegram
The Consul General at Jerusalem (Morris) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 18—10:10 a.m.]
The center of unrest now definitely includes Jerusalem where a general curfew was imposed yesterday noon. I have identified to the local government the quarters inhabited by about 1100 Jewish Americans and have requested adequate protection. Visited the Jewish quarters and arranged for flying flag over an American Jewish headquarters and for immediate notification to the Consulate General in case of imminent danger.
Three Polish Jews killed leaving cinema by unidentified and uncaptured gunman on Saturday and one Austrian Christian wearing fez shot dead on street this morning. Considerable sporadic firing by civilians yesterday and today, no Americans thus far molested in Jerusalem.