UN General Assembly
1955

108. But the issue of Germany and the reduction of armaments are not the only causes of world tension today. There are other issues in the world, such as the Palestine problem and the many problems emanating from colonialism. There are also iron curtains, the wars of propaganda, infiltration and subversion in other countries — which may be mentioned as examples of questions which remain to be dealt with. We do not believe that, in this age of nuclear weapons, any country would be foolish enough to wish to wage war, especially now that the two conflicting camps in the world are both armed and prepared for self-defence. But fear of conquest by infiltration and subversion from within and without still hangs over many small nations, like my own. Post-war developments in Eastern Europe and later events in Korea and Indo-China indeed justify this fear.