UN General Assembly
1960

332. What then are the causes of the present appalling crisis? Some of them arise from the internal situation in the Congo and I shall not discuss them now any more than I have done in the past, since, unlike some others, I do not intend to abandon the policy of non-interference which we have strictly observed from the beginning. As for the external causes, as I have already said, there are those who wish you to believe in Belgian machinations, of which there is no proof and which would be directly contrary to our policy —because to suppose that we could have changed our policy after ten days is tantamount to accusing us of insanity.