Cable & Wireless Ltd. Telegram (undated, likely c. July 8–12, 1948), reporting on the execution of Rosa Beiser Neekantor and the demilitarization of Mount Scopus. Content consistent with contemporaneous UN and press reports concerning the Mount Scopus neutral zone agreement of July 7, 1948. No independent archival confirmation of Beiser Neekantor’s identity has been located in published Israeli or British sources to date.
Source: Cable & Wireless Ltd. Telegram
Date: Not specified (c. July 8–12, 1948)
Relating [to] the interrogation of officials
They executed Mrs. Rosa Beiser Neekantor, who “admitted having been a British intelligence agent and worked for British CID[1] even after May 15, when the British Mandate terminated”.
Demilitarization of Mount Scopus, including hospital and university buildings, was concluded today and buildings declared security zone and will be guarded by equal numbers of Jewish and Arab policemen.
[1] CID (Criminal Investigation Department): The British Mandate’s secret police and intelligence unit in Palestine, responsible for political surveillance, informant recruitment, and counter-insurgency operations.
