UN General Assembly
1961

163. Statements have been made in the Soviet Union by way of explanation—and I am not going to read out the explanations given—that-the need arose against their will because of the situation with regard to Germany or because of threats against the Soviet Union. We have been told here time after time- and I shall point out and give the figures when we come to talk about disarmament—that there are enough atomic bombs in the world to blow up the world several times over. Then what is the point of having more of them? We have not been able to understand this even from a purely power point of view. 164. Therefore, my country stands entirely without reservation in condemnation of the renewal of tests, whether they be by one party, by two parties or by three parties. The French always keep out and make it difficult to draw any kind of tight cordoning in this matter.