UN General Assembly
1948

It would be impossible to justify the economic absurdity of supplying coal to Berlin by air. It was clear that the aeroplanes had taken more away from Berlin than they had brought in. No rational economic policy could justify the squandering of goods, neither could any justification be found for the division of a city into different sectors with different economic systems, different monetary systems and different forms of administration. Those who wished to bring about such a state of affairs were anxious not only to partition Berlin but to partition the whole of Germany. Such people could not be greatly concerned with the problem of European peace. Nevertheless, peace was still the great concern of the Polish delegation, and he felt sure it was also the chief concern of all those who had experienced the terrible consequences of the last war and who wished to avoid another.