The U.S. Secret Service NSA may have some important evidence that
might shed light on the death of UN chief Dag Hammarskjold, who was
killed in 1961 when his plane crashed in Zambia.
This enables an independent commission that the mysterious crash has
re-examined. The top lawyers presented their report Monday in the Peace
Palace in The Hague.
The Commisssion consists of lawyers from different countries,
including former Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY Richard Goldstone. They
argue that there is new evidence that the plane may have been shot out
of the sky, and call for a new UN study.
According to the NSA lawyers probably have intercepted radio traffic
of aircraft above the then British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia
were active. An earlier theory suggested that a fire fighter has opened,
may be so controlled.
A request to release this information was rejected. The recordings wear after 52 years still the stamp 'strictly confidential'.
Pilot
The committee heard through the grapevine that the Belgian pilot of
the fighter he would have shot on the device. The Swedish UN chief
announced in 1967 The goal would have been to return the unit, but that
turned out differently.
Hammarskjöld's death is often considered, even by the UN, but the cause of the crash was never conclusively determined.
The Secretary-General was the fatal September day in 1961 on the way
to Northern Rhodesia to discuss a ceasefire between the Government of
the grid independent Congo and Congolese rebels in the Katanga region.
The latter were supported by mercenaries from European mining companies
that were active in the mineral rich region.
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