Warsaw Pact
Again all proposals, including the request to join NATO, were rejected by UK, US, and French governments shortly after. Emblematic was the position of British General Hastings Ismay, supporter of NATO expansion, who said that NATO "must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella." He opposed the request to join NATO made by the USSR in 1954 saying that "the Soviet request to join NATO is like an unrepentant burglar requesting to join the police force".

Q: To what did the British general compare the USSR in his opposition to their joining NATO?
burglar
Warszawapakten Återigen avslogs alla förslag, inklusive begäran om anslutning till Nato, av Storbritannien, USA och franska regeringar kort därefter. Emblematic var den brittiske general Hastings Ismay, anhängare av Natos expansion, som sade att Nato "måste växa tills hela den fria världen kommer under ett paraply". Han motsatte sig den begäran om anslutning till NATO som Sovjetunionen gjorde 1954 och som säger att "den sovjetiska begäran om anslutning till NATO är som en obotfärdig inbrottstjuv som begär att få ansluta sig till poliskåren". Q: Vad jämförde den brittiske generalen Sovjetunionen i sitt motstånd med deras anslutning till Nato?
The Warsaw Pact Again, all proposals, including requests for accession to NATO, were rejected by the United Kingdom, the United States and French governments shortly thereafter. Emblematic was British General Hastings Ismay, a supporter of NATO expansion, who said NATO "must grow until the whole free world comes under an umbrella". He opposed the request for accession to NATO made by the Soviet Union in 1954 saying that "the Soviet request for accession to NATO is like an unrepentant burglar who requests to join the police force". Q: What did the British general compare the Soviet Union in his opposition to their accession to NATO?
inbrottstjuv
burglar