UN General Assembly
1949

21. Nevertheless, the United States, the United Kingdom, and certain other countries which followed in their wake, were trying to destroy, international co-operation, to form aggressive groups, and to prepare a new war. The United States and the United Kingdom were carrying on a frenzied race for armaments, increasing their military expenditures, constantly establishing new military bases on the territories of other countries and as everybody knew, conducting an unbridled war propaganda. 22. A proof of the truth of Mr. Vyshinsky’s assertions was that, in 1950, the United States, would spend 14,300 million dollars for purely military purposes, as against 11,000 million dollars spent in 1949, 1,100 million in 1936 and 1,200 million in 1937-1938. Thus the military expenses of the United States in 1950 would be twelve times as great as the United States military credits on the eve of the Second World War. At the same time, the United States expenditures for health, public education and social security would amount only to 2,300 million dollars.