UN General Assembly
1952

39. The USSR Government, on the other hand, has never been ready to take the discussions in this order. It appears to want a peace treaty negotiated over the heads of the German people. This we cannot accept. But we have not given up our endeavour. In our latest note, we again suggested a four-Power meeting with an agenda setting the problems in their natural and necessary order. Is it too much to expect that, even at this late date, the strength of these arguments will be recognized? If so, then progress could at once be made,