UN General Assembly
1960

52. If we bear in mind that the majority; of States composing NATO are colonial Powers, it becomes clear that all military bases, troops, air forces and naval units belonging to NATO are directed not only against the socialist States and other peace-loving States, but also against the liberation movement in Africa, serving to preserve through armed terror the political and economic positions of imperialists in Africa. 53. The African peoples, their Governments and political leaders who represent the aims of liberation from the colonial yoke and consolidation of independence when it has already been won, cannot fail to see the extreme danger to which they are exposed by those NATO bases and troops on African territory. The old and outdated hoax about the "communist danger is being disseminated in Africa by the colonialists, apparently with a view to distracting attention from their plans to transform Africa into a huge base for NATO military operations.