UN General Assembly
1957

40. By linking the attainment of an agreement on disarmament to a political settlement, the Western Powers have brought both the disarmament question and the settlement of these political issues to an impasse. And what of the results? There have been none. In fact, the monopolies in the United States and the other NATO countries have no need of results, because to them the armaments race and international tension mean good business from which they can make fabulous profits. We may well ask whether the Western Powers are really interested in disarmament or whether merely talking about disarmament is enough for them.