UN General Assembly
1962

93. Later, the United States Government confirmed the reliability of that report, which in essence means that the United States Government considers itself entitled to strike a first nuclear blow against the Soviet Union and instigate a new war. 94. A. A. Gromyko, the Chairman of the Soviet delegation, in his interesting and thoughtful statement of 21 September 1962 [1127th meeting], assessed this militaristic statement when he said that Mr. Kennedy was following the dangerous course of his predecessors in making threats against the Soviet Union.