ABSTRACT
Early in 1947, Bevin had his first taste of an independent line on Palestine from Evatt immediately the matter had been referred to the United Nations. Through the Secretary of State for Dominions, Lord Addison, he had informed Evatt in March 1947 that preparatory work would need to be undertaken by the world body in order to arrive at a decision. Britain favoured the formation of a committee by the five permanent members of the Security Council together with the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia and Brazil to consider the question, with Arabs and Jews excluded from membership but invited to participate in an advisory capacity.1
