UN General Assembly
1961

96. Poland was and still is in favour of any measures that will slow down the armaments race as soon as possible. What is important is that the efforts devoted to that end should be genuine efforts, that they should effectively strengthen security and not merely give the dangerous illusion of doing so, and finally that any steps taken should facilitate, and not merely be a substitute for general and complete disarmament. The Soviet memorandum of 20 September 1961 [A/ 4892] does in fact put forward a number of proposals along those lines. 97. In stating the Polish delegation's support for those proposals, I should like once again to draw attention to the initiative of the Government of the People's Republic of Poland in proposing the creation of an atom-free zone in Central Europe, a proposal presented from this very rostrum on 2 October 1957 H and explained in detail in the Polish memorandum of 14 February 1958 which was transmitted to the Governments concerned, and in subsequent documents and statements.