UN General Assembly
1956

30. Military expenditures have been increased inordinately in a number of Western countries, diverting vast resources to non-productive purposes. This is particularly true in the case of the countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Since 1949 the military expenditure of the United States has increased almost four times and that of France three times. The Times of 9 March 1956 stated that the United Kingdom had spent £5,700 million sterling for military purposes over the last four years and that the country had not of course had sufficient resources for such expenditures. These are the facts and figures.