Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki speaks before the United Nations General Assembly on October 2, 1957.

Screengrab from 697th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 12th Session, October 2, 1957, UN Audiovisual Library, Asset ID 2232383, https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/2232/2232383/

Rapacki, Adam 1909- 1970

Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki speaks before the United Nations General Assembly on October 2, 1957.

Screengrab from 697th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 12th Session, October 2, 1957, UN Audiovisual Library, Asset ID 2232383, https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/2232/2232383/

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