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“In the New York Times of 24 January of this year we read: “The Supreme Commander [Eisenhower] today before his departure to Paris has again made a statement which should convince the Germans, especially the soldiers, that the West is ready to recognize them as their honourable comrades in arms if they will carry out the tasks of the restoration of European military power.” 165. This statement of General Eisenhower is especially important when we note his statement made before the arrival of new American troops in Germany that for him there is no difference between Nazis and other Germans. This General Eisenhower declares in 1951.”
1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)
“As the statesmen of the Western Powers and their Press openly declare, the spirit of San Francisco is to be extended to Europe as well. 162. The resolutions adopted at the conference of the foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom and France in Washington and at the Conference of the NATO Council in Ottawa prove that United States imperialism speedily completes the transformation of Western Germany into the main base of imperialist aggression in Europe. 163. For the acceleration of the complete re-militarization of Western Germany the American military circles enlist as their assistants notorious generals and officers of the Nazi army including the worst war criminals. This is a fact that we must constantly keep in mind when we hear Mr. Acheson speak of peace, defence and human rights. 164.”
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“In reality they create by this treaty and its supplement, the Pacific Pact, a base for their aggressive policies in the Far East. 160. This treaty of which Mr. Evatt, known to many delegates here, declared, as reported by The Times of 5 September last that it was “an obvious and shameless abandonment of all principles of international justice and a danger to the physical as well as economic security of the nations of the Southern Pacific”, is thus in the opinion of Mr. Acheson a model act of peaceful policy. 161. San Francisco has at the same time become a symbol for new American methods in international relations and an expression of the unscrupulous enforcement of the objectives of United States foreign policy.”
1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)
“This is the real face of the work for peace, for understanding among nations and for a reduction of tensions and differences of which Mr. Acheson spoke. This is its real face as we in Czechoslovakia know it from first-hand experience. 159. Under such a conception of work for peace it is not surprising when Mr. Acheson boasts of the conclusion of the so-called “peace” treaty with Japan as a positive achievement of American peace policy. The so-called “peace” treaty with Japan is in fact a foundation for a military alliance with the resurrected Japanese militarism which is represented by the circles which have been condemned as war criminals by international military tribunals with the participation of the United States itself.”
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“He urged the United States of America to give all possible assistance and support to what he calls, and hopes to be, underground insurgent groups in Eastern Europe. 157. The discriminatory policies in economic relations, the limitations and rupturing of trade relations, the arbitrary violations of treaties, the cutting of transportation links, the systematic violation of frontiers and of the air space, the support of revanchist groups in Western Germany, the broadcasting of American radio stations inciting to criminal actions, the sending of spies, saboteurs and terrorists — all these concrete manifestations of American policy prove that Senator McCarran was not only expressing his personal desires, but that he authentically expressed the real objectives of the United States Government and the means for their achievement. 158.”
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“That was clarified by President Truman when, on 20 September 1951, he declared at a press conference that the United States of America “must now rely on force rather than diplomacy”. The principal objective of the United States policy was declared openly by another of its spokesmen, Senator McCarran, on 17 August last, when he declared that the United States should “let the world clearly know in all it says and all it does that its objective is the overthrow of Soviet dictatorship by all means at its disposal”. He recommended the complete rupture of diplomatic and trade relations with all — as he calls it — “Communist States” and their expulsion from the United Nations Organization.”
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“Acheson and for the ruling circles of the United States of America freedom of the Press means freedom to collect information on defence and security measures, and that therefore the American idea of free journalism is one where this activity would be subjected to the American C.I.C., which cares very little about the provisions of Article 14, paragraph 3, of the draft International Covenant on Human Rights prepared by a United Nations Committee which excludes from the activities of a journalist everything which concerns the defence of a country and its national security. 156. Mr. Acheson abounded with big words also when he spoke of peace. “We must work for peace, for understanding, for a reduction of tensions and differences” said Mr. Acheson. What does the United States Government do for understanding?”
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“After a proper training in a school — of course not in a school for journalists but an espionage school — Oatis “honestly sought” information on frontier security measures, on the disposition of armed forces and on other military matters, and this information he delivered to American military authorities. Mr. Oatis is really more than an individual victim of his employers: he is a serious reminder that for Mr.”
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“Fear has mounted — fear of losing one’s job, fear of being investigated, fear of being pilloried.” 153. Yes, such a thought control really makes aggression possible. In the United States, propaganda for peace is being punished as crime and war propaganda has an open road and receives full support. 154. In our country war propaganda, and thus also inciting to aggression, is being punished as a crime. If Mr. Acheson wants to care for human happiness he should begin with this worthy work first of all at home. 155. Another symbol of Mr. Acheson’s is Mr. Oatis. He is to Mr. Acheson the symbol of free journalism, and Mr. Acheson states clearly what is in his view the main purpose and sense of free journalism.”
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“Acheson speaks here of the dangerous subservience which results from thought control and makes aggression possible, it sounds strange from the lips of the representative of a country where terror is spread around not only by the Ku-Klux-Klan, but also by the very official Committee on Un-American Activities. 152. The present atmosphere in the United States is, I think, well characterized by the Supreme Court Justice, William G. Douglas who, according to the New York Herald Tribune of 10 November, said to the students of Brandeis University: “We are drifting in the direction of repression, drifting dangerously fast. Fear has driven more and more men and women in all walks of life either to silence or to the folds of the orthodox (point of view).”
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“Nowhere in the world are there more unhappy people than in the United States; nowhere in the world is there so much war hysteria; nowhere in the world do young people resort to mass-consumption of drugs out of a panicky fear of their own future; nowhere in the world has crime grown to such a monstrous extent as in the United States; nowhere in the world are powerful criminal syndicates so closely interlinked with public administration as in the United States. Mr. Acheson must know all this quite well from documents which in the United States enjoy the greatest authority — from reports of the Kefauver Committee of the United States Senate. 151. When Mr.”
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“_ To them the forced alliance with the United States brings already now a deterioration of their standard of living, the “ guns or butter ” of Goering, and an even worse outlook was indicated to them by Senator Taft and the former Secretary of Defense, Marshall, when these gentlemen at this year’s session of the Panama Canal Association and in the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations declared that it was less expensive for the United States to conduct a war with soldiers of other nations, and that the American contribution was dollars rather than soldiers — other countries would supply the soldiers. 150. How does the United States Government care for the happiness and welfare of its own citizens?”
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“Acheson complained that the hopes of the civilized world that the mass persecutions of the Hitler regime would never be repeated have proved to be in vain. He could not have referred better to the acts committed daily under the alienated flag of the United Nations by the American heirs of Hitler in heroically fighting Korea. 148. Mr. Acheson in his speech touchingly spoke of American policy as being directed towards expansion of opportunity for the pursuit of human happiness. 149. The Korean people know probably best what happiness American policy brings. The nations of Asia who know the American conception of happiness refuse it flatly, and the nations of Western Europe refuse it as well.”
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“Has he thought, in this connexion, of how the nations of Asia look upon this role of the United States, how they look upon the fact that the members of a small and heroic nation of Asia are dealt with as inferior members of the human race, whom American soldiers contemptuously call “gooks”, regardless of whether they come from the north or the south of Korea? Mr. Acheson is proud of the American bombs, of the mass barbarism, and of this war that is being fought in gross violation of all the rules of international law. 147. He can be really proud: according to data furnished by the Agent General of the so-called United Nations programme of assistance to Korea, Mr. Donald Kingsley, one million Koreans have been killed and the damages have reached the sum of two billion dollars. Mr.”
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“Acheson is a representative which divert the Organization from its original mission and have led it so far away from it that this “symbol of peace” has already, for more than a year, covered up the brutal and criminal war against the Korean people. 146. Certainly, Korea is the symbol of aggression, the aggression of an imperialistic power against a small country which, with the assistance of the Soviet Union, had liberated itself from the yoke of the militaristic clique of Japanese imperialists and had started to lead an independent life. Mr. Acheson declares that the United States is proud of playing the leading part in the Korean war.”
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“The sincerity of these statements is illustrated when they seek to prevent the airing of complaints against violations of the human rights of colonial nations. Already at this stage of this year’s session the representatives of the American-British bloc have given us a clear picture of their devotion to the Principles of the Charter and of the methods they apply in the United Nations Organization. 144. Mr. Acheson, in his speech, indulged in symbols. The United Nations for him is a symbol of peace, Korea a symbol of aggression, and Mr. Oatis a symbol of the freedom of the Press. 145. Yes, the United Nations is a symbol of peace but this is to be found only in its original spirit which is expressed in the Charter. It is precisely those policies of the Government of which Mr.”
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“Why, then, does his delegation contribute to this prejudice by supporting the proposal of the United States which is aimed at preventing the discussion of the question of the legal representation of China, and thus not only deny the largest nation of the world its natural right to be represented in the United Nations Organization but also prevents the Organization from successfully fulfilling its tasks? 142. Let the delegations which so irresponsibly voted for this shameful decision realize that by excluding this question from the agenda of this session they have not prevented, and will not prevent, the great Chinese people from playing their important part in the affairs of the world. 143. Mr. Acheson, and some other speakers in their statements, did not spare superlatives in relation to human rights.”
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“Eden surely knows well that the so-called complaints of the Kuomintang or of the Tito clique against the Soviet Union and the countries of the people’s democracies lack any basis whatsoever, and are intended only to create and increase tension in this Assembly. What kind of respect for international law and international agreements is it when we see here the forcing through of a proposal for the .establishment of a special international commission for Germany, a proposal which is the continuation of a systematic violation of international agreements and which is in such flagrant contradiction of the Potsdam Agreement as well as of the Charter? 141. Mr. Eden said that it would be a tragedy if the United Nations Organization were to lose the character of universality and representativeness.”
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“The procedure used by the American-British bloc during the discussion on the agenda was a very conclusive answer to the call for tolerance which was supposed to be the crucial point that was made by the United Kingdom representative on the previous day. 140. Mr. Eden appealed to us to be moderate and tolerant. He laid great stress on respect for international law and international agreements. What proof of a serious and sincere desire for moderation and tolerance was it when Mr. Eden supported the absurd and provocative proposals which were carried through on Tuesday by a mechanical majority? Mr.”
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“of American imperialism, the objective of which is the preparation and unleashing of a new war against the USSR and other peace-loving countries, can be clearly seen from the activities of United States foreign policy in every sector of international relations. A policy dictated by an effort to achieve world domination can have no need for any agreements on a basis of equality. This we have clearly seen over and over again at this session already during our consideration of the agenda. 139. I think it is necessary to think seriously of the lengthy discussion that took place throughout the whole of last Tuesday.”
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“Its purpose was to open the road for the extension of the aggression which had already begun, for further aggressive acts which had been planned and for a whole, permanent system of aggression. 137. What a road this is intended to be is expressively shown in the report of the Collective Measures Committee, which has been lauded to such a degree by the delegations of the American-British bloc. In this report we have before us a really wide selection, in a systematically grouped scale, of the most varied measures destined for the unleashing and conduct of an aggressive war — measures which are only very badly masked as means to ward off aggression. 138. This report leaves no doubt in anyone’s mind about who is supposed to use these measures and against whom they are directed. The aggressive plans.”
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“They openly aim at the liquidation of co-operation among the great Powers. Unconcealed, they follow the road of violating the foundations of the United Nations, so that it may adapt itself unreservedly to the needs of United States imperialism. In the period in which United States policy passed to a stage of directly aggressive acts, individual attacks — even the most violent ones — on the basic Principles of the Charter were not sufficient; that policy passed to a stage of a general offensive against the very foundations of the Organization. 136. During the fifth session of the General Assembly, the United States forced the adoption of an illegal resolution, hypocritically called “Uniting for peace”. That resolution has nothing in common with peace.”
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“They disregard the fact that the people of their country dread the policy of forming aggressive blocs and call for the return to the policy of understanding and peaceful co-operation among nations. They are not moved by the horrible bloodshed in Korea, a state of affairs wilfully prolonged by the United States military adventurers, who cynically cover their war crimes with the flag of the United Nations. 135. What we have so far heard in this general debate has shown us how far the Organization has already been led away from its path. The evaluation made by some delegations of the past year of United Nations activities gives an expressive picture of the imperialist policies of the United States. Their conclusions are intentionally based on the thesis that war is inevitable — a thesis which is necessary for the instigators of a new war.”
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“In their opinion, the sixth session of the General Assembly should continue to move along the dangerous road on which the United Nations Organization, is being dragged, away from its original mission and from the spirit and Principles of the Charter, and on which it is being transformed into an instrument of imperialist aggression. The originators and advocates of this conception in their statements and proposals completely disregard what is expected from the sixth session of the General Assembly by the great majority of mankind, by the common people of all countries. They disregard the fact that their own people are greatly suffering under the constantly increasing burdens placed upon them by the policies of war preparation and aggression.”
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“The Czechoslovak people have already adopted these proposals as their own. Wherever people work, they are analysed and discussed in a lively manner; they give everyone new incentive in his work of peaceful construction. 134. The development of the debate from the opening of this session to the present has clearly indicated the understanding which the United States and certain other delegations have of the tasks of this sixth session of the General Assembly and the methods which they unscrupulously use in an attempt to impose their conception on other delegations.”
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“In its international relations the policy of the Czechoslovak Government is led by the effort to maintain and strengthen peace, to expand and deepen peaceful co-operation among nations on the basis of full respect for their sovereignty, of non-intervention, of the recognition of their equality, and of the maintenance of contractual obligations. 133. The Czechoslovak delegation sincerely welcomes the peace proposals submitted by the delegation of the USSR to the General Assembly. These proposals consistently continue the ceaseless efforts of the Soviet Union to remove the threat of war and to secure lasting peace. They solve all of today’s burning problems and express the greatest desire of all the Czechoslovak people, as well as of peace-loving people all over the world.”
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“It subjects the heroically fighting people to boundless suffering, but it has not broken and cannot break their determination to bring the defence of their freedom and independence to a successful end. 132. The Czechoslovak Government and its delegation are fully aware of the seriousness of the tasks of this session and are fully determined to contribute to their fulfilment in the interest of peace and co-operation among nations. This follows from the substance of the policies of a country which is fully directed towards peaceful construction.”
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“First of all I should like to greet, in the name of the Czechoslovak delegation, the French people who have so hospitably welcomed the General Assembly in Paris, the city connected with great progressive traditions which have made them famous in history. I am convinced that the French people, like the people of my country, will judge this session of the Assembly on the basis of what it will have done for world peace. 131. The General Assembly of the United Nations is meeting already for the second time in the period when the forces of imperialism have passed from the preparation of aggression to direct aggressive acts. For more than sixteen months the war in Korea has been going on, a war which the American-British interventionists carry on with a total lack of humanity.”
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