UN General Assembly
1963

121. Some say: "There is no relaxation of tension, since the main issues have not been resolved". I find this a strange argument and a grave error. I do not believe that, in international politics, the relaxation of tension should be an end in itself. The relaxation we seek, the relaxation in which we mean to co-operate, is essentially a method, and probably the only method that can lead to a solution of the main problems; for who can believe that a solution of the main problems which divide us could be found in an atmosphere of mistrust or rigidity?