Israel today requested that the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization release the results of a ballistics investigation of the bullet which killed Lt. Col. George A. Flint, UN observer and chairman of the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission, on Mt. Scopus last May 26.
While the report of the incident–in which four Israeli policemen also lost their lives–by Maj. Gen. Carl von Horn, UN truce chief, indicated that the bullet came from the Arab side, “unless it ricocheted,” it is understood that the ballistics tests showed conclusively that the bullet came straight from the direction of the Arab lines on the height.
The original report of the incident was delayed for weeks, in what the Israelis believe was an attempt by UN Secretary General to save the prestige of Jordan King Hussein. They see evidence of a similar delay in making public the results of the ballistics investigation.
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