“Top secret” document, in the possession of the French journalist and writer Moren Picard reveals that OAS (“Organization Armée Secrète”, “secret army organization”, French nationalist paramilitary movement opposed to Algerian independence) had “sentenced to death” UN Secretary-General Doug Hammarskeldwhere was killed in 1961 when his plane crashed in Africaunder conditions that remain unexplored to this day.
Pilot error? Failed diversion attempt? Topple? More than sixty years later, the mystery remains densewhile the conclusion of the latest UN investigation into the case is expected to be made public in September, in which there are various scenarios, which involve spies, mercenaries, industrialists…
Author of the book “They killed Mr. X.” (Ils ont tué Monsieur H, Paris 2019, published by Seuil), Moren Picard recently located a copy of this OAS document in the files of Jacques Focar of France.
The document, seen by the French Agency, concerns the Swede Hammarskeld, has a blue “X” inside a circle and a red stamp with the grade “top secret”. According to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, it is succeeding strongly against the policy pursued by the then UN Secretary General, against the background of the end of colonialism.
The text, written in Paris, emphasizes thatthe UN Secretary-General is “sentenced to death” for his actions, by decision of the mysterious “OAS Steering Committee”, as it is stated that “it is urgent to end his harmful intervention” in international affairs. “The sentence (…) will be executed as soon as possible”, is added in the document, dated the end of July 1961.
The plane carrying 56-year-old Doug Hammarskeld and 15 other people crashed on September 18, 1961, in what was then Northern Rhodesia (modern-day Zambia), as it was going to negotiate a ceasefire in Katanga, the region. with great mineral wealth.
The province seceded in July 1960, following the independence of the former Belgian Congo. With this trip, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations also sought to pull a unit of blue helmets out of the dangerous situation in which he had found himself.
The UN investigation into the circumstances of the crash resumed in 2015-2016, following the discovery of new evidence. The Agency continues to study it plane crash scenario. In 2019, his investigators had denounced the complete lack of cooperation from the US, UK and South Africa to shed light on the case.
Source: News Beast
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