had exaggerated. There had been an accident in one of the four nuclear reactors which had caused the emission of radioactive material, but effective meas­ ures had been taken to assist the victims and evacuate the population affected, and the situation had been brought under control. He expressed grati­ tude to the delegations which had demonstrated their solidarity with the Soviet Union in connection with that accident. It should be kept in mind that there had already been 300 accidents in nuclear installa­ tions in the United States; for that reason, the United States should not forget that, when a country was trying to make use of new forms of energy, there were also risks and no one was guaranteed absolute success. Furthermore, if one was to speak of acci­ dents, the Union Carbide accident in India, the victims of which had still not received compensation, could not be forgotten. 81. Mr. AMSELEM (United States of America), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that the delegation of Cuba referred selectively to statistics from the free press of the United States. Although it was attempting to demonstrate the existence of certain social conditions in the country, that delega­ tion had still not answered the fundamental question: if the United States was so terrible, why did so many Cubans continue to take refuge there? The Soviet representative also distorted the history of his coun­ try's alliance with Hitler. But now that fascism had been destroyed, it should be asked why the Soviet Union did not return the territories which it had occupied as a result of that alliance, such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, part of Poland and of central and eastern Europe, not to mention other regions in Asia? He thanked the representative of the Soviet 
**Analysis**
The text discusses a nuclear accident in a Soviet reactor, which led to the emission of radioactive material and the evacuation of affected populations. The representative of the United States then references other nuclear accidents, including one in India, and questions the Soviet Union's occupation of territories. This suggests that the text is related to the categories of Natural resources and environment, and International relations.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International relations