UN General Assembly
1950

29. What have the creators of the Atlantic bloc to offer Europe in this respect? Their programme means more soldiers, more tanks, more bombers, an increase in chauvinism, hatred and unrest in Europe. 30. What is the meaning and the aim of the establishment of such an armed force and the putting into effect of remilitarization? The reply is to be found in the authoritative statement made by Mr. Schumacher, leader of the German Social Democrats. Scarcely a month ago he cynically stated: “The war must be conducted in such a way that the fighting will take place on the Vistula and the Niemen”. 31. Thus Mr. Schumacher gave a dear reply to the question what was the aim of all these preparations. The aim is war. War against whom? Against Poland and against the Soviet Union, Where? On the soil of Poland and of the Soviet Union, for as we know the Vistula flows through the heart of Poland and the Niemen is in the Soviet Union.