UN General Assembly
1961

65. In eastern Germany we find the Eastern Powers building up the area in accordance with their own knowledge of their political organization, and so on, and the area is becoming even more powerful than certain aspects of their own organization. The only difference is that in the East, eastern Germany has not founded a new capital. They are still using the old capital—or, rather, a section of it. Yet each side is accusing the other of doing exactly what it is doing. What do you want us—us, the small States—to do? X builds Y up according to his philosophy of government and economic development. Z builds P up according to his tenets, and they are both in occupation. The unfortunate thing is that Berlin happens to be completely within one section. Each accuses the other of doing exactly the same thing. Is it not a matter of settling down to examine this problem objectively or, if you cannot examine it objectively, of calling in those who are outside, who are not involved, to examine it? Are the big Powers prepared to examine the German question in the light of truth, honesty and sincerity rather than in terms of power politics? It seems to me that they are not prepared to do so because, again, we find all sorts of problems involved, There is fear about rearming Germany, reuniting Germany, and starting off a third war in that area.