UN General Assembly
1956

84. All these phrases are well known to the Western world. The Soviet Union has never consented to the prior establishment of an international organ, before the study of disarmament itself is taken up. This is the difference between what the two groups — West and East — would like to see. For the West, such a guarantee is essential, since it is only thus that a relative state of peace can be attained. 85. My delegation maintains that unless this organ for strict control is set up in advance, any disarmament promises or programmes submitted are nothing more than calculated propaganda. 86. The only new element in the disarmament programme now submitted by the Soviet Union is the acceptance in a limited form, of aerial photography control. This would apply, however, only to certain areas and would not have the scope of President Eisenhower’s plan, which calls for the inspection of the entire territory of the United States of America and the Soviet Union.