Another Israel-Jordan agreement was signed here today but is subject to approval by the U.N. armistice commission. The pact fixes the number of 48mm artillery guns for both sides as follows: eight for Jerusalem, four in the Hebron-Dead Sea area, 12 for the southernmost sector of the Negev desert and 20 for the “Arab triangle” region.
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