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MARKINGS, by Dag Hammarskjold. Almost as if it were some kind of Security Council document, the late U.N. Secretary General described this strange and moving journal as "a white paper concerning my negotiations with God." Hardly that formal, the book portrays in aphorisms, essays, and even haikus Hammarskjold's mystical efforts to resolve agonizing religious doubts...
From Mr. O'Brien book, I couclude that everyone who trusted anyone else in the Congo was fool. Mr. Tshombe was completely justified in believing that Hammarskjold's word, like his own, was worthless. David D. Friedman...
MARKINGS, by Dag Hammarskjold. The late U.N. diplomat kept constant counsel with himself throughout his demanding life by recording the outlines of his mind and soul in these journals. It is an astonishing and often eloquent testament of a God-obsessed Christian who measured his actions against his creed...
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Tshombe's fondness for the Belgians seemed stronger than ever when, during Katanga's secession, he insisted that Belgian troops remain in Katanga in preference to the central government's troops and to the United Nations soldiers sent to maintain order in the Congo. Dag Hammarskjold assured him that UN forces wouldn't interfere in his affairs, but Tshombe still refused to let them in. UN forces began to replace the Belgians in September. But Tshombe still had his own mercenaries. He neither cooperated with the UN nor dismissed the mercenaries. Through the end of 1962, Tshombe agreed repeatedly...