UN General Assembly
1961

94. The Federation of Malaya believes in the objective of general and complete disarmament, but we do not believe that it can be achieved in one stroke, Disarmament has to proceed step by step, stage by stage, until it is general and complete. We believe that a start, however modest, must be made and we would urge the Powers principally concerned to initiate modest measures of disarmament in areas where agreement can be established. These will be followed by other measures, and in that process mutual suspicion and distrust is bound to give way to a greater degree of mutual confidence and faith, so that the more difficult measures of disarmament can be planned and carried out in more favourable conditions.