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867n.404Wailing Wall/244: Telegram

The Consul General at Jerusalem (Knabenshue) to the Secretary of State

Jerusalem, October 7, 1929—10 a.m.
[Received 11:40 a.m.]

My September 25, 1 p.m. The High Commissioner has informed me:

1.
That his Government has compromised with Jewish demands and will permit counsel to ask pertinent questions of witnesses but not plead case.
2.
That he has asked for counsel to defend Palestine Government officials.
3.
That likewise Arabs will be represented by British counsel, and
4.
That Commission, delayed by negotiations, will arrive on October 24.51

Knabenshue
  1. For the report of the Commission, see Great Britain, Cmd. 3530 (1930), Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August, 1929.↩