Day 279 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

PAL/272 announced military leaders’ meeting with William Riley at 10.00 GMT on September 3 to arrange simultaneous withdrawal from the neutral area. JTA’s same-day report instead scheduled a meeting for tomorrow. The difference in announced dates remains unresolved. Neither record alone establishes who attended or the exact opening time. The September 4 withdrawal provides evidence of the eventual result. ^{1 2}

JTA’s real cease-fire report covered the order effective September 2. The UN release and American consul establish the earlier day. The later official Jordanian account’s August 22 meeting is an earlier negotiating lead, not automatically the September 3 conference. Its names and maps need their own collation. ^{3 4}

The Linz departure was reported as approximately four hundred people, mostly from Romania. Planned later departures remain projections. The September 12 report of several hundred reaching Genoa may describe the same transport, but a manifest is needed before joining or separately counting it. No arrival in מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL is established for September 3. ^{5 6}

This is Day 279 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-09-03. The public daytime slot is כ״ט באב ה׳תש״ח 29th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 5708, derived by fixed Hebrew-calendar conversion. After local sunset the Hebrew date is ל׳ באב ה׳תש״ח 30th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 5708; this civil-day recap does not impose its daytime route on every incident it discusses. ⁷ The scheduled meeting’s September 3/4 discrepancy remains separate from the verified September 4 withdrawal.

• What can a scheduled meeting establish before its minutes are recovered?
• Which identifier would connect the Austrian departure to later Italian transit?