UN General Assembly
1951

6. In their numerous statements the American war leaders and representatives of American ruling circles do not conceal their intention to surround the Soviet Union and the people’s democracies with a chain of American war bases, close to our frontiers, in order to make it possible for armies of air pirates simultaneously to invade the territory of the Soviet Republics and that of our friends. 7. To disguise the obviously aggressive character of the preparations of the United States of America and its satellites for war against the Soviet Union, the ruling circles in the United States, Great Britain, France and other countries are alleging that the arms race is due to the fact that the great armed forces of the Soviet Union are a threat to the West. Mr. Acheson and Mr. Eden have adduced this argument at the present session to justify appeals for intensified armament.