UN General Assembly
1960

5. The threatening danger may be temporarily averted, but the state of tension which has existed since the West Berlin blockade of 1948 will continue, unless the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Russia get together and settle outstanding issues round a conference table. True, such talks have taken place in past years, and without fruitful results; but that is no reason why another attempt should not be made, which might be successful provided there is adequate preparatory work, and provided also that the leaders on both sides approach it in the proper spirit. I fully agree with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Macmillan, that the atmosphere of suspicion and fear should first be removed. My delegation fully supports the attempt made in that direction by Mr. Menzies, the Prime Minister of Australia.