What is regarded here as the last report to be submitted by Maj. Gen. Vagn Bennike as chief of staff of the UN truce supervision organization in Palestine was circulated to member governments today. The report deals with the “small war” in Jerusalem which took place between June 30 and July 2.
At the end of his report, Gen. Bennike says that he intended to hold conversations with Jordan and Israel for the discussion of practical measures to prevent the recurrence of bloodshed. “I shall approach the two governments,” he writes, “to ascertain what steps can be taken to prepare such discussion; and, since my mission as Chief of Staff is coming to an end, the manner in which the mission of my successor can best be facilitated in this connection.”
Gen. Bennike gives the reason for his refusal to find either party guilty of starting the shouting in Jerusalem in this document. He stresses “the want of concrete evidence of advance preparation for an attack by either side.”
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