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...name had been in the air just long enough for Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin to hint that perhaps Russia might accept a Swede in order to get rid of Norway's Trygve Lie. French Delegate Henri Hoppenot took the cue, submitted the name of Dag Hammarskjöld (see box). So little known was he that State Department officials had to scurry about for a few hours to see if there might be anything unacceptable in his background (they decided...
...next day Zorin announced that the Soviet Union would support Hammarskjöld. That afternoon, in formal session, the Council swiftly voted 10 to o (with Nationalist China abstaining because Sweden has recognized Red China) to recommend Hammarskjöld to the Assembly. It was the first time since the beginning of the Korean truce talks in July 1951 that East and West had agreed on anything as important in U.N. affairs...
Chosen last week to succeed Trygve Lie as Secretary General of the United Nations: Dag Hjalmar Agne Hammarskjöld...
Family: A bachelor, youngest son of an aristocratic Swedish family of civil servants and army men that traces its nobility to a 17th century warrior knighted for bravery in a war against the Danes. His father, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, 91, was World War I Prime Minister of Sweden. A brother, now dead, was a judge at the Court of International Justice, The Hague...
Career: After a brief spell as lecturer at Stockholm University, became secretary of the Bank of Sweden. At 31, became Under Secretary of Finance; five years later, chairman of the board of the Bank of Sweden. A neutral even within neutral Sweden, Hammarskjöld helped the Socialists plan Sweden's economy, then moved to the Foreign Office as a financial expert, but has joined no political party, has never run for office. Attended most of the postwar European economic conferences, cooperated with the West while defending Sweden's trade agreements with Russia; known for his nimble debating...