Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V, Part 2

Editorial Note

Mr. Jessup made a statement before the First Committee on April 27, in which he discussed several questions involved in the United States conception of trusteeship for Palestine (Department of State Bulletin, May 9, 1948, page 592). The United States draft resolution calling for the reference of the United States working paper on the matter to the Fourth Committee was defeated later the same day, when the First Committee by a vote of 38 to 7, with 7 (abstentions, decided to undertake its own examination of the working paper (GA (II/SS), Main Committees, page 129).