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1. “Because of the destructive power of these weapons, the atomic and hydrogen weapons race which is being carried on constitutes a tremendous threat to humanity. In this connexion, an article in The New York Times of 1 April 1954 deserves attention. According to this newspaper, the explosion of the hydrogen bomb detonated on 1 March 1954 on Bikini Atoll was 600 to 700 times more powerful than that of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The appeal addressed to the members of this General Assembly by the million inhabitants of Hiroshima, who experienced all the horrors of atomic bombing, is fully justified. It declares that all experiments with thermonuclear weapons should be prohibited, as should the production or use in any way of such weapons. 152.”

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2. “149. Leading American political and military figures make no secret of their plans for the unrestricted use of atomic and hydrogen weapons. Admiral Radford, the_ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, stated on 12 March 1954 that the United States would use atomic weapons if that was to the advantage of the United States. 150. In line with this policy, steps have been taken to ensure that this year’s appropriations for atomic and hydrogen weapons production and for the air force are higher than at any other time since the war. The appropriation for the Atomic Energy Commission for the fiscal year 1954-55 amounts to $2,425 million. The atomic production development plan for the period up to 1958 allows for a tenfold expansion of atomic weapons production in comparison with the 1952 level. 151.”

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3. “Many representatives who have spoken in this debate devoted considerable attention to the atomic problem. The importance of finding a solution for this problem of our time is obvious to all. Yet it has to be noted that international discussions on this problem have been going on for eight years without achieving any positive results. 148. The facts show that in the United States preparations for atomic warfare are being carried out on an unprecedented scale; and to this end military air bases and atomic stockpiles have been established in every part of the world. The land, air and sea forces of the United States are being trained to use nuclear weapons in offensive operations. New types of bombs of increasing destructive power are devised and accumulated, and the production of weapons of mass destruction of all kinds is being expanded.”

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4. “These notes were a new manifestation of the peace-loving policy of the Soviet Union and of its desire for the lessening of international tension and the strengthening of peace and international co-operation. The creation of a system of collective security in Europe would bring with it more favourable conditions for the settlement of the German problem, thereby removing the serious obstacles to German unification created by the policy of remilitarizing West Germany. 146. The Byelorussian people are conscious of the new threat from German militarism, and therefore oppose the policy of remilitarizing West Germany. The Byelorussian people yearn for peace, and consequently support with all their strength the policy of the Government of the Soviet Union, a policy aimed at settling the German problem on a peaceful, democratic basis. 147.”

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5. “The very same persons who financed the Hitlerite army and supplied it with weapons — people we know of old, like Krupp, Flick, Schacht, Abs, Pferdmenges and others — have seized control of the West German economy. Thus, facts and figures show that, in defiance of the vital interests of the European countries and of the German people, the rulers of the United States are doing their utmost to bring about the rebirth of German militarism, the deadly enemy of the peoples of Europe. 145. The policy followed by the Soviet Union on the German question is diametrically the opposite. World public opinion showed tremendous interest in the Soviet Government’s notes of 24 July and 4 August 1954 concerning collective security in Europe.”

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6. “In the next two or three years, it is intended to increase that number to 800,000; steps are being taken to create 12 divisions, but these will later be increased to 60 divisions. Tank units are planned, as the core of the new revanchist German army. West Germany is to have an air force of 86,000 men equipped with about 1,500 modern planes. It is proposed to create a navy, with 50,000 men. The formation of the army is exclusively in the hands of former fascist generals such as Kesselring, Manteuffel, Ramcke, Heusinger and others. 144. It must also be noted that, with the encouragement and assistance of the United States, a war industry has again come into being in West Germany. At the end of 1953, there were more than 400 plants and factories working on war production.”

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7. “Only nine years after the capitulation of Hitlerite Germany, the West German militarists are emerging once again as a real threat to European security. Let me cite some facts concerning the militarization of West Germany. On 26 February 1954, the West German Bundestag adopted as an addendum to the Bonn Constitution an act permitting the introduction of universal military conscription in West Germany. The Adenauer Government has already worked out detailed plans for the formation of West German armed forces. 143. The details of the plans for creating West German forces were reported in an interview given to the United Press by Mr. Blank and published in the London Star of 16 March 1954. It was stated that the size of the initial West German contingent of the “European Army” is to be 500,000 men.”

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8. “We may justifiably say to the representative of the United Kingdom and to those on whose behalf he speaks here: Stop creating aggressive military alliances and blocs in Asia and Europe; give the Germans the chance to settle the fate of their own country; do not make Anglo-American cannon-fodder of them; stop the rebirth of German militarism and fascism, the worst enemy of the freedom of the peoples of Europe; show by deeds your desire for peace and not for the preparation of a new war, your desire to lessen, and not aggravate, international tension. 141. In this connexion I should like to make some observations on the remilitarization of West Germany, a question which perturbs us because twice in a quarter of a century German militarism has laid waste Byelorussia and other European nations. 142.”

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9. “Lloyd purposely said nothing of the rearmament of West Germany, in which the United Kingdom is playing no minor part, as numerous facts show, in particular the recent nine-Power Conference in London. Mr. Lloyd asked for courtesy; he asked for deeds, not words. But before he makes these demands of others, Mr. Lloyd should make them of himself. There is a proverb to the effect that people in glass houses should not throw stones. 140.”

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10. “Lloyd’s statement that he is in fact opposed to the unification of Germany as a single, democratic, peace-loving State. By his talk of free elections in Germany, Mr. Lloyd attempted to conceal the policy of opposition to the unification of Germany as a single State. He deliberately passed over the Soviet Union’s proposals on the German problem. He cited imaginary figures for the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic, figures that have been published in the British Press in the past for libellous purposes. 139. As is known, the Western Powers at the Berlin Conference rejected the USSR proposal to fix the size of the police forces in the German Democratic Republic and the West German Federal Republic. The United Kingdom representative knows that. Mr.”

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11. “We might venture to ask the United Kingdom representative why he saw fit to refer once again to the long-discredited myth of the “iron curtain”, and why he distorted the Soviet Union’s position on a number of highly important, international issues, and slandered certain Asian countries by alleging that a policy of neutrality is imposed on them by Moscow and Peking. It may be noted in passing that Mr. Vyshinsky made no reference in his statement to the United Kingdom and its foreign policy. Mr. Lloyd’s remarks by no means served the interests of the British people; they served the interests of those groups who do not desire the settlement of the most important international issues but wish to exacerbate still further the relations between States. 138. It is evident from Mr.”

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12. “It is the duty of the General Assembly to take measures to settle the Korean question once and for all, to restore the national unity of Korea as an independent, democratic State, and to achieve that enduring peace which the entire Korean people await and which is so vital to the interests of the peoples of Asia and the whole world. 137. Mr. Lloyd, the United Kingdom representative, speaking to the General Assembly this morning [487th meeting], took considerable pains to give a distorted interpretation of the statement made by Mr. Vyshinsky, the Chairman of the Soviet Union delegation. Mr. Lloyd’s statement was not aimed at achieving a further reduction in international tension; its purpose was entirely the opposite.”

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13. “The facts prove that Syngman Rhee and his protectors not only do not desire a peaceful settlement of the Korean question, but are attempting to rekindle the flames of war in that area and are doing everything possible to exacerbate to the utmost the situation in Asia, which had improved somewhat after the Geneva negotiations. Some of these mettlesome warriors should be reminded of the lessons of the recent past — particularly the dismal failure of the three-year war of aggression against the freedom-loving people of Korea. 136.”

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14. “For example, Pyun Yung Tai, the South Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs, said on 1 June 1954 that the armistice agreement was no longer valid, and that Syngman Rhee’s Government was no longer bound by any commitments it may have entered into under the armistice agreement. That was a provocative statement. Syngman Rhee, according to a Reuters dispatch of 17 June, said that there would be no more negotiations; that he had reached an understanding with the United States that there would be no further negotiations with the Communists after the Geneva Conference. “We are on the threshold of the greatest crusade in history”, he told the New York Journal-American.”

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15. “They and they alone are to blame for the fact that, first in the United Nations and later at Panmunjom and Geneva, an impasse was artificially created in order to prevent the armistice in Korea being transformed into a lasting peace and to prevent the unification of Korea on a democratic basis. 135. Moreover, statements advocating the disruption of the armistice in Korea have recently been heard more and more frequently in reactionary circles in the United States. Particularly noteworthy are the redoubled efforts of the Syngman Rhee clique to wreck the Korean armistice.”

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16. “In his statement to the Assembly of 28 September [482nd meeting], Mr. Munro, the New Zealand representative, referring to the discussion of the Korean question at Geneva, said that the cause of Korean unification had suffered a serious setback. He placed the blame on the so-called “Communist delegations”. This assertion is not consistent with the facts and is entirely without foundation. It is in fact the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that have consistently advocated a peaceful and just settlement of the Korean question, and still do so. An entirely different policy is being followed by the Government of the United States of America and its allies.”

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17. “If the great Powers were to renounce the use of atomic weapons, men would be able to breathe freely, and the threat of atomic war would largely be removed — and with it one of the most fundamental causes of international tension. We must strive to strengthen co-operation on the honourable and businesslike basis among States with different social systems. 133. It is a matter for deep regret that the Geneva Conference failed to take any decisions on the Korean problem, which is still a cause of anxiety to the peoples of the entire world. As we know, the United Nations devoted a great deal of time to the Korean question, but failed to achieve any positive results. The question remains one of those international problems whose equitable solution is vital for the strengthening of peace in Asia and throughout the world. 134.”

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18. “Those conferences proved that where there is good will, international negotiations can be fruitful. 131. On the other hand, we have to recognize the fact that there are aggressive forces in the world whose aim it is to prevent any reduction in international tension. These aggressive forces are attempting to prevent the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons, and weapons of mass destruction, and are conducting a frantic armaments race, thereby preventing any relaxation of international tension. 132. The Soviet Union has consistently attempted to reconcile the position of the great Powers on a number of highly important problems, particularly the reduction of armaments and the prohibition of atomic, hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction.”

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19. “It is entirely improper that for five years the United Nations has refused to admit the representative of the 600 million-strong Chinese nation, the representatives of a great Power, the People’s Republic of China, which has recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. The absence of the People’s Republic of China from the United Nations not only detracts from the Organization’s authority, but also prevents it from finding successful solutions to a number of international problems of extreme importance, particularly problems affecting Asia and the Far East. 130. We meet at a time when there has been some relaxation of international tension. In 1954, on the initiative of the Soviet Union, important international conferences of the five great Powers took place in Berlin and Geneva, and resulted in some reduction of international tension.”

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20. “The United Nations is in this position because it has as yet been unable — through no fault at all of the Soviet Union — to find a proper solution to such fundamental international problems as the limitation of armaments and armed forces and the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons. The United Nations has often engaged in fruitless debate on questions which are in no way related to the maintenance and preservation of peace. 129. It must also be pointed out that, the United Nations is not yet a universal, international organization; for many countries have still not been admitted to its ranks.”

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21. “It should create all the conditions necessary to enable the Security Council — which in actual fact has now become a secondary and inactive organ, as may be seen from the report of the Security Council [A/2712], which was submitted for our consideration — to become an organ capable of ensuring the pacific settlement of disputes and dangerous situations, and of ensuring the elimination of all obstacles to the strengthening of friendly relations among States in the cause of peace. 128. It is a fact that the United Nations is undergoing a crisis, and that its authority is waning in the eyes of world public opinion. However, the view expressed by Mr. Pearson, the representative of Canada, that the Soviet Union is responsible for the impasse in which the United Nations finds itself, is completely unjustified.”

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22. “Those who attack that principle are trying to turn the United Nations into that institution of unhappy memory, the League of Nations, which had neither the right nor the means to prevent aggression; they are trying to free their hands and turn the United Nations into an instrument of war. 127. If it adopted such proposals, the United Nations would lose all resemblance to an international organization and would in essence become the servant of a State or a group of States. The General Assembly should not entertain such proposals.”

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23. “That statement represents a continuation of the campaign to undermine the basis of the United Nations Charter, the principle of unanimity — a campaign initiated by the ruling circles of the United States many years ago. And that is understandable, for the aim of achieving world domination, with its consequent efforts for expansion and aggression, cannot be consistent with the preservation of that principle free of all qualification. If the principle of the unanimity of the five great Powers is preserved, the Security Council cannot be transformed into a weapon of the policy of some Powers against others.”

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24. “In his statement of 27 September 1954 before the 479th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, the representative of the Philippines stated that Member States should be more receptive to proposals for the revision of the Charter of the United Nations, no matter how radical they might seem. He proposed that the scope of domestic jurisdiction and of the concept of the sovereignty of States should be restricted, that the principle of unanimity in the Security Council should be limited or abolished, that permanent membership in the Security Council should be done away with, and that the United Nations should be given the means to enforce decisions affecting international peace and security. He felt that this could only be achieved by a desperate frontal assault on the problem of international organization. 126.”

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25. “The whole world knows of the Soviet Union’s proposals on disarmament and the prohibition of devices for the mass destruction of human beings and material resources, and its proposals on measures to reduce tension in international relations and to strengthen international peace and security. 124. The common people throughout the world still count on the United Nations for effective action to reduce international tension and avert the threat of another world war. The United Nations owes a tremendous responsibility to the common people; accordingly, it is the Organization’s duty to address itself with greater attention and seriousness to the consideration and solution of the problems confronting it, in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations, in order to prevent any new aggravation of international tension. 125.”

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26. “It is the direct obligation of the United Nations to promote the settlement of international problems and prevent the possibility of aggression by any Member State against other States. In so doing it will receive the full support of the Government of the Soviet Union.” 122. The Soviet representatives in the United Nations have been and continue to be guided in their proposals by the desire to strengthen world peace and security; and, in spite of great difficulties, they have worked in the United Nations for the adoption of effective decisions calculated to reduce international tension, avert war and enhance the authority of the United Nations. 123.”

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27. “As a result, the United Nations has been unable to settle such serious problems as disarmament, the prohibition of atomic, hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction, and other vital questions. 120. The authority of the United Nations as a universal and international organization has been undermined by the abandonment of the concerted policy pursued by the Allies during the war, a policy aimed at the achievement of an enduring peace, and by the establishment within the United Nations of a bloc of aggressive states. 121. At the fifth session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Mr. Malenkov, the head of the Government, said: “The United Nations should revert to the course set for it. by the Charter.”

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28. “Nine years have passed since the end of the Second World War and the signing of the United Nations Charter at San Francisco. It is common knowledge that the peoples of the world placed high hopes in the United Nations, and expected it to take practical and effective action in the cause of peace. Unfortunately, it must be recognized that the United Nations has failed to fulfil those hopes. 118. Even in the earliest days of United Nations activity, it became obvious that the governments of some States did not intend to implement those provisions of the Charter which are designed to promote the defence and the strengthening of peace and security throughout the world. 119. Important proposals for the strengthening of peace have been rejected by a rubber-stamp majority.”

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29. “The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR warmly supports the proposals of the USSR delegation and calls upon representatives at the eighth session of the General Assembly to support them also. These proposals are aimed entirely and exclusively at reducing international tension and strengthening peace throughout the world. By adopting these proposals, the General Assembly will fulfil its duty in the matter of averting the threat of a new world war and reducing tension in international relations.”

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30. “The Byelorussian people, who endured directly the onslaught of Hitler’s armies, does not want mankind to be plunged again into the maelstrom of a new world war. 42. The United Nations must do everything necessary to achieve a satisfactory solution of such fundamental problems as the reduction of armaments, the prohibition of the atomic and hydrogen weapons and other types of weapons of mass destruction, and of other important questions designed to strengthen international peace and security. The peoples of the whole world expect the United Nations to take effective and constructive action to strengthen international peace and security. Hundreds of millions of people live in faith and hope that there will be a further reduction of international tension. It is our duty to justify these generous hopes of the peoples. 43.”

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31. “We must see to it that the United Nations fulfils its duty and returns to the path laid down for it in the Charter, that is, the path of promoting the pacific settlement of all international disputes on the basis of respect for the sovereign rights of all nations. 40. The United Nations must take note that, side by side with the peace-loving forces in the world, there are forces which are pursuing the path of war and carrying out an aggressive policy. These reactionary circles are carrying out the policy of the cold war and are engaging in international acts of provocation of all kinds. 41. The Byelorussian people, like all other peace- loving peoples, is vitally interested in averting a further aggravation of international tension.”

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32. “The concept of the struggle for peace is close to the hearts of and easily understood by all peoples and all progressive men and women, who are vitally interested in the maintenance of peace throughout the world. The present stage in the development of international relations is especially important and imposes special responsibilities. We all well know that the peoples ardently desire peace and profoundly detest war. It is our duty to assist in the settlement of controversial international questions and to prevent the improvement now detected in the international atmosphere from giving place to a fresh intensification of tension.”

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33. “Molotov, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the USSR, made the following statement: “Our foreign policy has no aggressive aims and for its part does not admit of intervention in the affairs of other States. Our foreign policy is known throughout the world as a pacific foreign policy; its unchanging aims are to defend, to maintain and to strengthen international peace, and to combat preparations for war and the unleashing of a new war; it is a policy which aims at international co- operation and the development of business relations with all countries which are themselves striving for the same end. Such a foreign policy is in the vital interests of the Soviet people and, at the same time, of all other peace-loving peoples.” That is the Soviet Government’s general line on question of foreign policy. 39.”

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34. “The Soviet Union has repeatedly introduced in the United Nations a series of proposals designed to strengthen international peace and security, friendship among nations and international co-operation. The draft resolution [A/2485/Rev. 1] submitted by the delegation of the Soviet Union under the heading “Measures to avert the threat of a new world war and to reduce tension in international relations” aims at creating even more favourable conditions for further action to avert the threat of a new world war. The Soviet Union, anxious for the development of peaceful co-operation between States, attaches great importance to the strengthening of good-neighbourly relations with all States. On 9 March 1953, Mr.”

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35. “In the present state of international relations, any calculations based on the possibility of isolating the People’s Republic of China in some way are merely reactionary utopian ideas entertained by people who have divorced themselves from life and lost all sense of reality. Life itself is more and more insistently raising the question of a return to a peace economy and this is possible only if peaceful relations between States are developed. The task of the United Nations is to do everything possible to bring about a return to a peace economy and to promote international co-operation and the establishment of friendly relations among States. 38.”

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36. “These figures show that the standard of living of the masses is falling, while at the same time the burden of taxation, the full weight of which is borne by them, is being increased. The Economic and Social Council has not taken all the necessary measures to promote — and I stress the word “promote” — international economic and social co-operation based on the principle of equality of rights. 37. The General Assembly must help to restore normal international trade. As regards trade with the People’s Republic of China, it is the United States that is attempting to prevent such trade. This attempt is doomed to failure.”

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37. “The militarization of the economy and the difficult international trade position are leading to increased unemployment, a higher cost of living, heavier direct and indirect taxation, and inflation, with a consequent drop in the standard of living of the masses. According to figures given by the Economic Commission for Europe, which are based on Official sources only, the cost of living is soaring in the countries of Western Europe. In September 1952, for example, the subsistence minimum had increased by 45 per cent in France as compared with September 1949, by 35 per cent in Norway, 28 per cent in Sweden, 27 per cent in Greece, 22 per cent in the United Kingdom and 21 per cent in the Netherlands.”

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38. “It should be pointed out that, prior to the Second World War, approximately one-third of the total trade of the countries of Western Europe was carried on with the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe, from which they imported foodstuffs and raw materials and to which they exported their industrial products. 35. According to figures quoted in the Economic Bulletin for Europe which appeared in July 1953, exports from Eastern Europe to Western Europe in 1952, were approximately one-quarter of what they had been in 1938. The destruction of the traditional trade relations between the West and the East is disorganizing the economies of a number of Western European countries, particularly the United Kingdom, France and Italy, and the foreign trade deficits of those countries have never been as high as they are now. 36.”

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39. “As is well known, the Council has been dealing with questions of international trade. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe convened a special conference of experts on questions of trade between the countries of Western and Eastern Europe; the fourteenth congress of the International Chamber of Commerce was held in Vienna, and other conferences have been held. 34. What have these conferences shown? They have shown that the present trade situation is extremely detrimental to many countries of Western Europe, since, under pressure from the United States, they have been compelled to interrupt their trade with the USSR, the peoples’ democracies and the People’s Republic of China.”

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40. “On 19 June 1953, the British periodical, the Spectator, stated the following: “The pressure on the State Department to indulge in diplomacy by atomic threats or, as it is more politely known, in ‘preventive diplomacy’, is very strong.” 32. Statements of this kind are arousing the just indignation of world public opinion. The common people throughout the world are demanding that the governments of a number of countries should take decisive steps to put a stop to the propaganda which is being conducted in those countries with the aim of inciting enmity and hatred among nations and preparing a new world war. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR entirely and unreservedly endorses these legitimate, timely and just demands. 33. I should like now to touch on the work of the Economic and Social Council during this period.”

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41. “In some countries, and particularly in the United States, the provisions of the General Assembly resolution [110 (II)] of 3 November 1947, containing a condemnation of propaganda “which is either designed or likely to provoke or encourage any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression”, are being rudely trampled under foot. Statements designed to intensify the war hysteria are being made by prominent political leaders in the United States, such as Senator Wiley, Senator Bridges, and others. Blackmail based on the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb has received especially wide publicity.”

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42. “The representatives who have spoken here are well aware of this, but they still try to justify United States foreign policy to world public opinion, and to discredit Soviet foreign policy, the policy of peace and friendship among nations. 31. A serious threat to peace and to the peaceful settlement of international questions is the campaign of propaganda for a new world war which is being conducted in a number of countries. Its constituent elements are war hysteria and malicious slander directed against the Soviet Union and the democratic camp, even to the point of open appeals to overthrow the existing governments of the countries in that camp.”

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43. “It is mendacious to allege that the Soviet peace proposals are merely a strategem, and that the post-war history of the USSR is evidence of its aggressive intentions. Mr. Malenkov, the President of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, has said the following: “For the Soviet Government, for all of us Soviet people, the strengthening of international peace and security is not a matter of strategems and diplomatic manoeuvring. It is our guiding principle in the field of foreign policy.” 30. The whole world knows that the aggressive aspirations of reactionary circles in the United States and in certain other countries are the cause of the present international tension.”

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44. “The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR considers that the General Assembly must above all things insist on the peaceful settlement of controversial issues, and call upon the States concerned to conclude agreements which' will help to bring about a relaxation of international tension. 29. Speaking in the General Assembly on 18 September [436th meeting], the representative of Australia unblushingly slandered the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. In his desire to denigrate the foreign policy of the USSR, he spoke of everything, from the mythical Iron Curtain down to “the great thaw ... in the Ice Age of Soviet politics”. Such idle verbage about the non-existent aggressive intentions of the USSR is aimed at hiding the truth about who is really to blame for the present international tension.”

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45. “The peace-loving peoples in all countries are demanding the peaceful settlement of outstanding controversial questions by negotiation among the great Powers. 28. In this connexion, it must be noted that reactionary circles often use the word “negotiations” to mask their real designs. They attach to their proposals for “negotiations” conditions clearly calculated to make the proposed negotiations impossible in practice, or else, when the negotiations are already under way, they stipulate conditions which will nullify the results. Examples of this are their attitude in regard to the forthcoming political conference on Korea, or their demand, before opening any negotiations on Germany, for an agreement on the revival of German militarism.”

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46. “It is no wonder that, even in the countries of the North Atlantic bloc, the peoples are demanding that their governments should change their policy and bring it into harmony with the national interests of those countries, and that this movement has gained greatly in strength. The peoples are refusing to have confidence in governments which want to pursue their irresponsible policy of aggravating the international situation. The peoples of the whole world ardently desire the relaxation of international tension, the clearing of the international atmosphere, and the removal of the threat of a world war. The peoples of the Western countries, which have been drawn into the cold war, have grown weary of high taxes, of eternal anxiety for the morrow.”

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47. “The General Assembly should recommend to the Security Council that it take steps to ensure the elimination of military bases in the territories of other States, considering this a matter of vital importance for the establishment of a stable peace and of international security. 26. Recent international events bear witness to the fact that very large masses of the population in all parts of the world are convinced that it is both possible and necessary to settle international disputes and controversial questions by peaceful means. 27. The policy of strength which is now being pursued and the trend to war connected with it, the armaments race and the resulting militarization of the economy, the artificial severing of profitable trade relations between East and West, have brought some States, especially in Western Europe, to an impasse.”

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48. “I] which states that the General Assembly should recommend to the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France and China, which bear the chief responsibility^ for the maintenance of international peace and security, that they reduce their armed forces by one-third within one year, and, with a view to the alleviation of the burden of military expenditure, should recommend to the Security Council that it call as soon as possible an international conference for the carrying out by all States of the reduction of armaments.”

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49. “It is evident from the information given in this article concerning United States military bases scattered throughout the world, that this network of bases represents a threat to the peoples of the world, and that their existence is incompatible with the strengthening peace. The General Assembly must put an end to such a situation. 25. That is why the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR warmly supports the draft resolution of the Soviet Union [A/2485/Rev.”

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50. “The armaments race which is going on in the United States and the other countries which belong to the North Atlantic bloc is not only increasing international tension but is becoming an ever-growing menace to the maintenance of peace throughout the world. The widespread network of military, air and naval bases which is being set up by the United States throughout the world constitutes a serious threat to peace and to the national independence of many States. The establishment of these bases increases the threat of a new world war, undermines the national sovereignty and independence of States. For example, the American periodical, U. S. News and World Report, of 27 February 1953, featured an article under the typical heading: “U.S. sinks billions in bases”.”

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