UN General Assembly
1956

96. In its tragic history the Czechoslovak people has endured much hardship and suffering at the hands of German militarism, the enemy of mankind. We do not wish to allow any repetition of that tragedy and we therefore issue a warning concerning the dangerous phenomena which are taking place across the frontier from us in Western Germany, where militarists and revanchards are again raising their heads. 97. The Czechoslovak delegation feels that it should draw the General Assembly’s attention to a problem in whose solution Czechoslovakia is particularly interested. In spite of the repeated protests of the Czechoslovak Government, uncontrolled balloons are being released into the airspace of the Czechoslovak State carrying leaflets advocating acts of hostility against the Czechoslovak Republic. This hostile propaganda has no effect whatever; the Czechoslovak people flatly reject it. Nevertheless, these balloons are a serious hazard to domestic and international air communications and the explosive substances with which they are filled endanger the health, life and property of persons who come into contact with them.