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...representatives of nine African states had joined Hammarskjold in his 38th floor dining room looking out over the thrusting towers of midtown Manhattan. Some of the Africans angrily demanded that the U.N. fight its way into Katanga. Trading on his status as a fellow Afro-Asian, Tunisia's Slim forcefully argued the Hammarskjold line that an appeal to force would lead to a Security...
...that Belgium withdraw its troops from Katanga. The U.S.-with European fires to watch as well-was reluctant to press harried Belgium too hard, but ready to go along. Soviet Russia, however, seemed to want nothing more than continued chaos in the Congo. Russian Delegate Vasily Kuznetzov dismissed the Afro-Asian resolution as too wishy-washy, suggested to fellow delegates that if the U.N. troops presently in the Congo could not eject the Belgians, the U.N. should send troops that would. The Russians also let it be known that Soviet troops would be only too happy to take...
...emotional undercurrent of the assembly was a powerful surge toward unity. Resolutions called for a united Europe through "the discipline of neighborly love" even if that meant lower standards of living for a time; other resolutions called on Europeans to be "servants rather than fathers" to the emerging Afro-Asian countries. (Disagreements remained on the problems of coexistence with Communism and disarmament.) In the emotional drive for unity, the delegates even ignored the well-laid plans of their elders, who had promised certain of the participating denominations (notably the Eastern Orthodox churches) that there would be no celebration of common...
...deep thinkers from 48 countries met in Berlin for the congress tenth anniversary conference. Communism was scarcely mentioned. Whatever its military menace, as an intellectual challenge Communism had lost so much face that nobody bothered to argue about it. Instead, to the bewilderment of the delegates from the new Afro-Asian lands, the spokesmen for the sophisticated societies spent most of their time reproaching themselves or apologizing...
...regretted" the tragic loss of life. U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold said that the U.N. was entitled to discuss the race riots, even if it could not intervene over them, and added: "In humanitarian terms, you need not have any doubt about my feelings." On petition of 29 Afro-Asian U.N. members, U.S. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge, as the current president of the Security Council, set a meeting for this week...