On July 1, 1949, committee work continued during the Lausanne plenary recess. JTA reported a decision to shift three towns to civilian jurisdiction and lift movement restrictions that night. A forwarded financial proposal sought access to refugee balances, while family-reunion procedures still required action.123

What changed in the three towns?

The movement study distinguishes the day’s announced jurisdictional shift from freedom to leave enclosed urban areas as of tonight. Lifting the curfew and passes concerned Arab residents of יפו YAFO, לוד LOD and רמלה RAMLA. The reported approximately 10,000 residents are not new arrivals or a verified count of beneficiaries. Enforcement and the original orders remain uncollated.4

What work continued during the recess?

The General Committee revised how to convey the state’s position to Arab delegations, including wording about minor children and compassionate cases. Approval by the delegation was still sought before transmission. This actual meeting confirms that the plenary recess did not stop committee work. A draft’s more conciliatory phrasing did not itself release property or admit a family.5

Had frozen money been paid?

The committee’s forwarding memorandum conveyed a sterling-linked proposal requiring British and Israeli agreements. It belongs with the refugee-delegation appeal and existing banking study. Neither forwarding nor discussion proves private depositors received money. The July 1 report of the June 30 Dayan conversation similarly dates reportage rather than creating another negotiating meeting today.67

How is this dated?

Com.Gen/SR.19 gives July 1 at 10:30 a.m., supporting daytime ד׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״ט 4th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5709. Com.Gen/6 is a July 1 memorandum without delivery clock. JTA reports the decision today and anticipates the jurisdictional shift and movement freedom tonight; the latter is provisionally ה׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״ט 5th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5709. FRUS 805 describes a June 30 conversation. No July 2 daily recap is created by this batch.8910

Guided reflections

  • Which freedoms did the three-town change promise to residents?
  • Why did committee work during recess fail to prove family admissions or payments?

Footnotes

  1. United Nations, A/AC.25/Com.Gen/SR.19, Com.Gen/SR.19, 10:30 a.m. ↩
  2. JTA, All Restrictions on Arab Movement in Jaffa. Ramleh and Lydda Removed; Curfew Lifted, July 1 dispatch. ↩
  3. United Nations, A/AC.25/Com.Gen/6, Com.Gen/6. ↩
  4. JTA, All Restrictions on Arab Movement in Jaffa. Ramleh and Lydda Removed; Curfew Lifted, Jurisdiction, tonight and population. ↩
  5. United Nations, A/AC.25/Com.Gen/SR.19, Memorandum revision and planned committee work. ↩
  6. United Nations, A/AC.25/Com.Gen/6, Com.Gen/6, double agreement. ↩
  7. FRUS 1949, vol. VI, document 805, Report heading and June 30 conversation. ↩
  8. United Nations, A/AC.25/Com.Gen/SR.19, Heading. ↩
  9. JTA, All Restrictions on Arab Movement in Jaffa. Ramleh and Lydda Removed; Curfew Lifted, Today and tonight. ↩
  10. FRUS 1949, vol. VI, document 805, Previous-day meeting. ↩

Works cited

  1. United Nations. A/AC.25/Com.Gen/SR.19. Lausanne record, June 1949 or July 1, 1949; exact heading and cited passages inspected in hosted English reproduction. Not a verbatim recording or autograph original. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-211453/. Accessed October 11, 2026.
  2. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. All Restrictions on Arab Movement in Jaffa. Ramleh and Lydda Removed; Curfew Lifted. Historical archive, dated issue. Historical archive transcription; original bulletin page and dispatch dateline uncollated. https://www.jta.org/archive/all-restrictions-on-arab-movement-in-jaffa-ramleh-and-lydda-removed-curfew-lifted. Accessed October 11, 2026.
  3. United Nations. A/AC.25/Com.Gen/6. Lausanne record, June 1949 or July 1, 1949; exact heading and cited passages inspected in hosted English reproduction. Not a verbatim recording or autograph original. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-211946/. Accessed October 11, 2026.
  4. United States Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949. Vol. VI. Document 805. Office of the Historian. Hosted text with editorial notes; occurrence, telegram, cited later report and publication remain separate. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1949v06/d805. Accessed October 11, 2026.