867N.01/7–2246: Telegram
The Consul at Jerusalem (Hooper) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 22—1:26 p.m.]
242. Between 12:20 p.m. and 12:40 p.m. today large party armed Jews disguised as Arabs attacked and destroyed with heavy explosives large part of Palestine Government Secretariat located in Annex King David Hotel. While casualties both killed and wounded are believed to be large, no official statement yet issued. Officer Administering Government Sir John Shaw and Acting Chief Secretary Gutch, Attorney General Gibson, are known to have escaped injury. Hotel suffered severe damage. Americans in hotel and vicinity escaped injury. Total curfew on Jerusalem and all exits. Official communiqué will be issued later today.