UN General Assembly
1953

40. We have faith that the time may come — it might come quickly and suddenly — when political leaders will be prepared to put into effect international agreements limiting armaments. When that moment comes the nations should be able to seize it. We must not let that moment escape because it might, perhaps, never be recaptured. But to seize that moment when it comes requires that the technical analysis of the problem should before then have been advanced. 41. The United States has already put forward a series of proposals here which have attracted widespread support. Upon these we are not inflexible, except that we do insist that any proposals must meet one fundamental test there must be effective safeguards to ensure the compliance of all nations and to give adequate warning of possible evasions or violations.