UN General Assembly
1950

111. While those countries which form part of the North Atlantic alliance are engaged in a mad armaments race, have unleashed a propaganda campaign for another war, and are doing their utmost to foment war hysteria, the USSR is doing peaceful, productive and creative work, and all its efforts are directed towards the further development of the national economy and the increased well-being and material standard of living of the Soviet people. 112. It is common knowledge that the budget of a State reflects in a way its life, plans and aspirations. If we examine the budget of the United States from such an angle, we are struck by the tremendous increase in the military appropriations of that country as compared with the pre-war period. Whereas in the 1938-1939 budget the United States military appropriations amounted to 1,077 million dollars, in 1948-1949 they amounted to 11,913 million dollars, and in 1949-1950 to 13,148 million dollars. In other words, the military appropriations in 1949-1950 were more than twelve times as high as those of the pre-war period.