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Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and the U.S.'s Henry Cabot Lodge, all had words of good wishes, and one, First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov of the U.S.S.R., was happy to bring news that Moscow would promptly recognize the new nation...
...Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold thereupon flew out to see Nasser, reported back to the Israelis that Cairo would have no objections to letting cargoes pass in future if title to Israeli exports had already passed to foreign purchasers, and if imports were not yet technically Israeli-owned. Israel disliked this compromise, but observed it. Last week a Greek freighter fulfilling Hammarskjold's conditions-Israeli cement purchased f.o.b. Haifa by an Eritrean importer-was stopped in Port Said. Hammarskjold's own prestige and assurances were thus at stake. As Hammarskjold set off on a tour of Africa, he scheduled...
Convinced that they already had a perfectly clear understanding of South Africa's aspirations, nine African nations sent off a letter to U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjold protesting against the "shooting and killing" at Windhoek and sharply reminding the world that after all, South West Africa has "an international status...
...committee, Bang-Jensen had promised witnesses that their names would never be revealed. Convinced that if Communist agents within the U.N. got hold of the witnesses' names, relatives still in Hungary would suffer reprisals, Bang-Jensen held on to the documents, refused to obey U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's orders to turn them over to the U.N. Secretariat. After a long and bitter wrangle, Hammarskjold finally agreed to let Bang-Jensen destroy the papers...
...Bang-Jensen himself, the victory proved to be costly. Shortly after the rooftop burning, Hammarskjold fired him for "insubordination." Nearing 50, despondent Povl Bang-Jensen set out in search of a new career to support his American wife and five U.S.-born children. He finally found a job with the CARE international relief organization in Manhattan...