Editorial Note
The reports of Subcommittee 1 and of Subcommittee 2 were submitted to the Ad Hoc Committee on November 19 and November 11, respectively; for their texts, see GA (II), Ad Hoc Committee, pages 242 and 270. The reports were discussed at consecutive meetings of the Committee from November 19 to November 25, when its Chairman declared its work completed; for the official record of these discussions, see ibid., pages 144–223. Subcommittee 1 awarded the Negeb to the Jewish state (ibid., page 260).
Chairman Evatt announced on November 19 that the Subcommittee on conciliation had done “everything possible … but there seemed little prospect of success.” (ibid., page 146)