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00-77-1 The TOP Draft #5 Security Information November 28, 1953 DRAFT OF PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS " When Secretary Hammarskjold's invitation to address this General Assembly on its closing day reached me in Bermuda, I was just beginning my conferences with the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and France on some of the problems that beset our world. During the remainder of the Bermuda conferences, I had constantly in mind that ahead of me lay a great honor. That honor is mine tonight as I stand here, privileged to address the General Assembly of the United Nations. At the same time that I appreciate the honor and privilege of addressing you, I also have a sense of excitement as I look upon this assembly. Never before in history has so much hope for so many people been gathered together in a single organization. Your deliberations and decisions during these somber years have already realized some of this hope. TOP Security Information