UN General Assembly
1952

57. I do not think that one could have a more cynical and frank statement of the Soviet Union attitude towards the world or expression of propaganda in recent years. On Saturday, Mr. Vyshinsky, in particular bitterness towards the United States, made his protestations about the desirability and possibility of peaceful coexistence in this world, I believe, a mockery, 58. Contrast his charges with the claim published in the Soviet New Times on 13 August 1952, which told its foreign readers: “The Soviet Union fosters in its citizens a spirit of respect for, and peaceful co-operation with other nations, The Soviet way of life does not tolerate the propaganda of animosity, let alone of hatred, towards the peoples of other countries.” I hope that no USSR representative will be kept from sleeping by laughing at this unfortunate contradiction on the part of the Soviet Press.