UN General Assembly
1955

94. The third problem which we shall have to consider at Geneva is that of contacts between East and West. The French Government is deeply convinced of the need to repair the cleavage of the world by drawing the two halves of Europe closer together, on the economic as on the cultural level. What we are concerned with is how to facilitate the movement of people, ideas and goods to the fullest possible extent. 95. We are glad to note the efforts recently made in this direction by the Soviet Union. We sincerely believe that it is to our mutual advantage to get to know each other better and we fervently hope that further progress along these lines will be made at Geneva. This subject is so full of possibilities that I cannot undertake to explore it thoroughly now. I should merely like to stress that, here again, the question is how to extend and expand the action taken by the United Nations in a spirit of international co-operation.