Dag Hammerskjold project : oral history, 1962.

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Dag Hammerskjold project : oral history, 1962.

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Colleagues recall their association with Dag Hammarskjold, (1905-1961), his personal qualities, his training and experience in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe, his abilities and interests, and his approach to the administrative and executive challenges of the post of Secretary General of the United Nations, particularly staffing the Secretariat, the Congo crisis, and the Russian troika proposal. Participants and pagination: Sven Ayman, 11; Andrew Cordier, 22; Ernest Gross, 100; C.V. Narasimhan, 48, Oscar Schachter, 24; Brian E. Urquhart, 25.

Transcripts: 230 leaves.

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