ISRAEL REBUFF TO MIXED ARMISTICE COMMISSION REPORTED
The Times of London asserted today that an attempt by the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission to investigate the murder of three Israelis at the border settlement of Mevoot Betar has been refubbed by Israeli military authorities.
The paper said that the chairman of the commission, Lieut. Cmdr. E. R. Hutchinson, U.S. N., had asked Israel Army authorities for permission to send observers to interview settlers who were said to have witnessed the killing. The paper said it understood the letter was returned to him unopened. It added that apparently all communications from the commission addressed to the Israel military authorities since Israel’s withdrawal from the commission had been returned in the same way.
(Another border clash was reported today from Tel Aviv. Jordanian forces near Modin, in Central Palestine, engaged an Israel military patrol. The announcement said that no casualties had been reported among the Israelis.)
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