United Nations Meeting - 193rd Plenary Meeting: Atlantic Pact Discussion (1949)

Flushing Meadows, New York. M.S. Hector McNeil speaking on rostrum. McNeil - precis. McNeil says that Norway and any other country knows nothing about what is going on in the Russian Territories and this breeds suspicion. McNeil continues that the Russians know that Britain has freedom of speech etc., He says that the Atlantic pact is defensive in nature and that the closer a Govt. is to its people the more difficult it is for such a Govt. to declare war except for defensive purposes and no one can stampede a truly democratic people into an aggressive war. LS various elevated shots of the Assembly. (Comb. B/W.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Gr