Dag Hammarskjold project : oral history, 1962-1964.

Scope and Contents

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 of transcripts: Sven Ayman, 11; Andrew Cordier, 532; Ernest Gross, 100; C.V. Narasimhan, 48, Oscar Schachter, 24; Brian E. Urquhart, 25

Subjects

• Diplomacy.
• Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961.
• International agencies.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United Nations.