Editorial Note
Ambassador Austin set forth the United States position before the First Committee on April 20, calling for a truce in Palestine and the establishment of a trusteeship there; for text of his statement, see Department of State Bulletin, May 2, 1948, page 568. The Ambassador, at the same time, presented as a working paper the United States draft trusteeship agreement, with minor changes from that printed on page 778; for text of the working paper, see GA (II/SS), Annex, page 12.
Mr. Jessup, on April 21, introduced a draft resolution into the First Committee which called for reference of the United States working paper to the Fourth (Trusteeship) Committee; for Mr. Jessup’s statement on that occasion, see GA (II/SS), Main Committees, page 26. The text of the draft resolution is printed in GA (II/SS), Annex, page 31.