297. Telegram From the Consulate General at Jerusalem to the Department of State1
425. Following is text of UNSYG announcement April 19 as released at UNTSO headquarters and UN Information Center Cairo at 4:45 p.m. local time.
“At the request of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Governments of Israel and Egypt have notified him that as of 6:00 p.m., 18 April, and from that time on, orders are in force to the effect that in implementation of assurances to observe Article II, paragraph 2 of the Armistice Agreement, no military or para-military forces, including non-regular forces, may shoot across the demarcation line or pass over that line for any purpose whatsoever.”
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/4–2056. Priority. Received at 6:27 a.m. Repeated to Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, and Tel Aviv.↩