Who Killed Dag Hammerskjold Analysis

One of the greatest murder mysteries of all time occurred on September 18th, 1961. “Between ten and fifteen minutes after midnight on Monday 18 September 1961, a DC-6B aircraft crashed near the airport of Ndola, a town in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), not far from the Congo border” (Williams, p. 3). Dag Hammerskjold, along with all 15 other passengers who accompanied him on his venture, died after the plane crashed in Zambia (Williams, p. 3). Dag Hammerskjold was the United Nations Secretary General who believed that in order for countries to become independent, he could use his capabilities as Secretary General to make the United Nations a force that worked towards neutrality through the assistance with non-aligned …show more content…
It was during this era that proclaimed both issues between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the ultimate effort of allowing the colonies of Africa to become decolonized from the British. After finally receiving their independence, the Republic of Congo led attacks upon the Europeans whom had ruled over them for previous decades. “The mutiny immediately took away any authority the civilian government had. It also created a state of near panic within the Congo” (C N Trueman, 1). It was because of the uprise upon the people that the United Nations believed it was their responsibility to take control of the country in hopes of keeping the country from falling into the hands of the Communistic countries. This method therefore threatened a Civil War to between Africa and those whom obtained succession from the Republic of Congo (the country of Katanga…the ultimate profit for the Republic of Congo ) (C N Trueman, 1). Because of this, the responsibility to restore the two countries in order for Congo to economically survive fell into the hands of Secretary General Dag