UN General Assembly
1955

127. Then followed the letter addressed to Mr. Walter P. Reuther, President of the Congress of Industrial Organizations of the United States of America, by Mr. Robert Murphy, United States Deputy Undersecretary of State, in which he wrote: “In the absence of Secretary Dulles from the Department, your letter 19 August 1955 has been referred to me. Your letter states your conviction that, in making helicopters available to the Government of France for use in Algeria, the United States Government contradicts its own public statements of policy concerning our friendship for the peoples of the underdeveloped countries ... “… As your letter indicates, the decision to make helicopters of American manufacture available involves grave and difficult problems.” Mr. Murphy furthermore expressed the view that the NATO forces diverted to North Africa should be returned to Europe as soon as possible, and he added: “I share your belief in the importance of the United States attitude towards the aspirations of dependent peoples.”