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Eltaher triggered the first action by addressing the following telegram translated from Arabic to King Farouq of Egypt sometime after midnight on May 27, 1947:
“His Majesty the King
Koubbeh Palace – Cairo
I have received a telegram from Aden indicating that Emir Abdelkrim El-Khattabi, Emir of the Rif in Marrakech46 and, since twenty years, France’s prisoner in the island of La Réunion, is presently on his way to a new exile in southern France. He will arrive tomorrow Tuesday at Suez aboard the ship ‘Katoomba’. His rescue hangs on Your Majesty’s kind consideration by inviting him to land. France has no authority on him save that of a kidnapper over his kidnapped. He is not French, and as long as the ship is in our waters, it is by law under the authority of the Governor of Suez. Your Majesty’s historic good deeds in the eyes of the Muslim World have inspired me to submit this matter to your majesty along with my prayers (to the Almighty) to protect your sublime self .
Signed;
Mohamed Ali Eltaher
President of the Palestinian Committee in Egypt”
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