UN General Assembly
1956

111. The United Kingdom, too, maintains a considerable number of armed forces on foreign soil. In particular, United Kingdom forces are known to be stationed in Western Germany, Libya, Egypt, the Bahrein Islands, Japan, South Korea, and so forth. French forces are stationed in Western Germany, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Cyprus, Egypt, and elsewhere. 112. It is self-evident that the existence of armies and military bases on foreign territory is one of the sources of international tension. The Soviet Government proposes that in the course of 1957 the armed forces of the United States, the USSR, the United Kingdom and France on German territory should be reduced by one-third and this reduction should be controlled in appropriate fashion. Simultaneously, the armed forces of the United States, the United Kingdom and France in the territories of the NATO countries and those of the USSR in the territories of the Warsaw Treaty countries should be considerably reduced. In the course of two years, all foreign naval and air bases on the territories of other States should be liquidated.