UN General Assembly
1960

158. The whole world, I repeat, the whole world, was alarmed when the United States U-2 aircraft flew over the territory of the Soviet Union and was then shot down. There was no corner of the world, it seemed, where public opinion did not indignantly condemn the United States Government's policy of playing with fire. Even here, in the United States itself, not a few sober voices were raised in protest. But instead of drawing the necessary conclusions from the U-2 venture, the United States repeated it exactly two months later by sending an RB-47 towards the shores of the Soviet Union. As is known, both these piratical raids had a sorry ending for their organizers. But it is permissible to ask what is the intention of the Pentagon and the United States Government in pursuing this policy of provocation. Is it possible that the United States Government does not realize that its policy is extremely dangerous to the cause of peace? One must give its due to the USSR Government, which has been showing concern for the fate of mankind, exercising self-restraint and doing everything in its power to shield the world from the catastrophe of war.