placed in an important area of London. It will be detonated in seventy-two hours commencing noon, November 8th, 1975, unless the Government of the United Kingdom jointly with that of the United States accedes unequivocally to the following demands before that time.
2. All Palestine territory seized by Israel in 1948 and 1949 in excess of the 29th November, 1947, United Nations Resolution for the partition of Palestine, together with those parts of Palestine not occupied by Israel before 1967, notably on the West Bank of the Jordan and in the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, to be returned to and assigned forthwith to the people of Palestine.
3. The territories so assigned, constituting as they do the Palestinian homeland, to be recognized as an independent sovereign state and the sum of $ 10bn to be made available immediately as a contribution towards the cost of setting up such state and providing the infra-structure for a sophisticated and balanced agricultural/ industrial economy.
4. Although this ultimatum is addressed to the Government of the United Kingdom in view of its special responsibility as the former mandatory power for Palestine, it is acknowledged that without the assent and full co-operation of the United States the United Kingdom cannot comply with its terms. If they are not met, responsibility for the consequences will thus rest jointly with the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States.
5. The Palestine Liberation Organization to be recognized as the provisional government of the new state until such time as arrange ments can be made for a freely-elected government.
6. Provided the terms of this ultimatum are accepted in full within the stipulated seventy-two hours, and the necessary undertakings given and guaranteed formally and irrevocably by the United Kingdom and the United States, the pre-set timing mechanism for detonating the nuclear device will be rendered inoperative.
7. If the whereabouts of the device and/or the guards and tech nicians responsible for it become known to the United Kingdom or any other authorities or agencies or persons and if any attempt is made to interfere with the device or those responsible for it singly or severally it will at once be detonated.
8. When the necessary undertakings have been given jointly by the goverments of the United Kingdom and the United States the nuclear device will remain in position in London under the control of the Soukour-al-Sahra’ until such time as the undertakings have been fulfilled in all respects.
9. The demands in this ultimatum are not negotiable by the Soukour-al-Sahra’ nor the PLO nor any other authority or group or agency or persons and for that reason no means of communication has been suggested or given and all undertakings in regard to the fulfilment must be made by the United Kingdom and United States by publication in The Times and the Daily Express and by an nouncement at pre-advertised times over the BBC’s home and overseas radio services.
10. In order to establish the authenticity of this document, photographs of the nuclear device and its detonating component are attached and attention is drawn to the series numbers stamped upon each by those responsible for their manufacture.
11. Copies of this ultimatum have been dispatched by the same post to the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to the Director- General of the BBC, and to the editors of The Times and the Daily Express.
Signed: Mahmoud el Ka’ed,
Soukour-al-Sahra’
The Prime Minister noted that, but for the ink-written date in the first paragraph, the document was undated. He put it down, leant back in his chair. ‘Now, let me see those photographs, Lanyard.’
Lanyard, tight-lipped, visibly shaken, handed them over. The Prime Minister shuffled through the photos, puffed at his pipe, then sat deep in thought for some time. ‘Think it’s a hoax?’
‘Emphatically not, Prime Minister. DGSS was on the phone ten minutes ago. He’s already
2. All Palestine territory seized by Israel in 1948 and 1949 in excess of the 29th November, 1947, United Nations Resolution for the partition of Palestine, together with those parts of Palestine not occupied by Israel before 1967, notably on the West Bank of the Jordan and in the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, to be returned to and assigned forthwith to the people of Palestine.
3. The territories so assigned, constituting as they do the Palestinian homeland, to be recognized as an independent sovereign state and the sum of $ 10bn to be made available immediately as a contribution towards the cost of setting up such state and providing the infra-structure for a sophisticated and balanced agricultural/ industrial economy.
4. Although this ultimatum is addressed to the Government of the United Kingdom in view of its special responsibility as the former mandatory power for Palestine, it is acknowledged that without the assent and full co-operation of the United States the United Kingdom cannot comply with its terms. If they are not met, responsibility for the consequences will thus rest jointly with the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States.
5. The Palestine Liberation Organization to be recognized as the provisional government of the new state until such time as arrange ments can be made for a freely-elected government.
6. Provided the terms of this ultimatum are accepted in full within the stipulated seventy-two hours, and the necessary undertakings given and guaranteed formally and irrevocably by the United Kingdom and the United States, the pre-set timing mechanism for detonating the nuclear device will be rendered inoperative.
7. If the whereabouts of the device and/or the guards and tech nicians responsible for it become known to the United Kingdom or any other authorities or agencies or persons and if any attempt is made to interfere with the device or those responsible for it singly or severally it will at once be detonated.
8. When the necessary undertakings have been given jointly by the goverments of the United Kingdom and the United States the nuclear device will remain in position in London under the control of the Soukour-al-Sahra’ until such time as the undertakings have been fulfilled in all respects.
9. The demands in this ultimatum are not negotiable by the Soukour-al-Sahra’ nor the PLO nor any other authority or group or agency or persons and for that reason no means of communication has been suggested or given and all undertakings in regard to the fulfilment must be made by the United Kingdom and United States by publication in The Times and the Daily Express and by an nouncement at pre-advertised times over the BBC’s home and overseas radio services.
10. In order to establish the authenticity of this document, photographs of the nuclear device and its detonating component are attached and attention is drawn to the series numbers stamped upon each by those responsible for their manufacture.
11. Copies of this ultimatum have been dispatched by the same post to the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to the Director- General of the BBC, and to the editors of The Times and the Daily Express.
Signed: Mahmoud el Ka’ed,
Soukour-al-Sahra’
The Prime Minister noted that, but for the ink-written date in the first paragraph, the document was undated. He put it down, leant back in his chair. ‘Now, let me see those photographs, Lanyard.’
Lanyard, tight-lipped, visibly shaken, handed them over. The Prime Minister shuffled through the photos, puffed at his pipe, then sat deep in thought for some time. ‘Think it’s a hoax?’
‘Emphatically not, Prime Minister. DGSS was on the phone ten minutes ago. He’s already
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