Palestine’s government-controlled radio today broke a three-day censorship imposed silence about the disappearance of the ex-Mufti from France, with the bare announcement that it was “understood on good authority” that as had escaped.
Within an hour of the broadcast, the Jewish self-defense movement Haganah accused Britain of planning the ex-Mufti’s escape in order to focus Arab opinion on Palestine. The charge was voiced over the underground radio “Voice of Israel” maintained by the Haganah. The broadcaster also explained that Monday’s attacks on three trains in Palestine were “carried out because Jewish patience is exhausted at the postponement of the admission of the 100,000 Jews.”
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