The second Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash on this day in 1961. He was on his way to DRC in hopes of getting the conflict there resolved somehow. His death came 8 months and a day after the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.
The plane crashed in what was then Northern Rhodesia (present day Zambia). This man was considered an enemy of the West for trying to get Moise Tshombe and others to sit down and talk peace after Lumumba's death.
His death was ruled an accident for many years despite there being evidence of it having been shot down. CIA files regarding this crash and further evidence remain classified 👀
Lumumba and Hammarskjöld had met to discuss a peaceful way forward in 1960 6 months to a year before their deaths 👀👀
📸 LA times
And I want us to include settler colonies in that West category. The racists worked together to destabilize that country and eliminate any ally who wanted to try and resolve the conflict in the Katanga region.
Here's an article about SA's non-cooperation re getting to the bottom of this "cold case"
mg.co.za/analysis/2020-…
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