United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pushing for a fresh probe into the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjold, former UN chief, in a plane crash in 1961. It is a welcome move. Hammarskjold’s death ranks alongside JFK and Olef Palme as riddles of the 20th century. All three men were liberals, their policies clashed with the military industrial complex. They were earmarked for elimination as the Cold War reached its zenith in that era.
It has been claimed that explosives were placed in the landing gear of the DC6, which burst during landing maneuvers, killing Hammarskjold. This can be proven by documents titled “Secret defense.”
The mission to assassinate Hammarskjold had reportedly been initiated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Maritime Institute of South Africa (SAIMR) and UK MI5 with the active complicity of the Union Miniere Du Haut Katanga (UMHK), and was codenamed “Operation Heaven.”
The head of Operation Celeste was none other than the CIA Chief Allan Dulles, who reportedly said: “Dag becomes troublesome and should be rejected.” Dulles sent a telegram to his counterpart in Leopoldville Sept. 24, 1960: “We want to provide all assistance for the elimination of Lumumba.” Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Congo as prime minister, was murdered on the Jan. 17, 1961. Allan Dulles was fired by President Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs fiasco. He later served on the Warren Commission investigating the murder of Kennedy. The Warren Commissions report on Kennedy’s death stands totally discredited today.
Had Hammarskjold lived, there would be peace in the Congo today. His death and that of Lumumba tore Central Africa apart, and 50 years later, war is still ravaging in the Congo.
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