Israel and Jordan each withdrew charges and countercharges that the other side had more troops in the Jerusalem area than permitted under the armistice agreement after United Nations observers reported at two emergency meetings of the Mixed Armistice Commission today that their checks had revealed no unauthorized forces on either side of the Jerusalem demarcation line.
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