UN General Assembly
1954

13. The “new look" policy proclaimed by ruling circles in the United States can only be regarded as an attempt on their part to provoke new armed clashes, that is to say a new war, through the conversion of local disputes into a world conflict in which they would resort to “massive retaliation”, using means, as they say, of their own choosing. Mr. Dulles himself, the United States Secretary of State, announced this “new look” in American foreign policy in a speech which he made on 12 January 1954. In line with this concept, the United States will itself decide whether to resort to “massive retaliation” — which is being openly advocated by responsible military and political leaders in the United States — and where and to what extent it is to take place.