UN General Assembly
1953

85. Recently, we read with concern the reply, dated 13 September 1953, of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of communist China [A/2469], which repeats, word for word, the arguments used by the Soviet delegation in the First Committee. In Mr. Chou En-lai’s reply there are assertions which cannot be read without indignation. Let us look at two of them, which are a bitter mockery of world public opinion. The first is this: “It must be noted that the Soviet Union is not a belligerent nation, but is a neutral nation outside the two belligerent sides. Moreover, the Soviet Union has consistently been taking initiatives in giving support to, and striving for, the peaceful settlement of the Korean question.” Further on, Mr. Chou En-lai states: “The whole world knows that India, like the Soviet Union, is a neutral nation outside of the two belligerent sides in Korea.”