UN General Assembly
1958

94. I do not know exactly — and I have some hesitation even in speaking on this item, because Spain is one of those countries which has no modern weapons, possessing as it does only conventional armaments, and those in perhaps somewhat insufficient quantities — I do not know what progress it will be possible to make in the field of disarmament. But no one should withdraw from the necessary talks, provided that those who are talking are properly qualified and can act energetically to preserve what is needed to maintain world order. Nor do I believe that if diplomatic conversations on matters in the Far East can be effective in any way they should be ejected. I think, too, that they could be moved from one capital to another without suffering; they might even improve. Let us go on in this way, but do not let what we say, here or on the disarmament question, encourage those who are defending the cause of international order and justice to give up prematurely. The more we mistrust their enemies, which are ours also, the greater is our trust in them.