Lord Lytton, head of the Dead Sea Company, received assurances that the workers of the Novomejsky concession are safe and are returning to the Dead Sea.
Protection other than the Transjordanian Defense Force and visits of automobile units could not be promised. This is regarded here as unsatisfactory
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