UN General Assembly
1954

113. In the Western countries, and in particular in the United States, the past year has been one of intensified rearmament. In the United States this has been expressed primarily in the stockpiling of atomic and hydrogen weapons, reflected in turn in increased expenditure for the Atomic Energy Commission — according to statements by reliable persons, the appropriations for these purposes have reached a figure higher than in any previous year. Thus the frantic race to turn atomic energy into an instrument of death instead of a source of wealth — to use Mr. Dulles’ own words — has continued.