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UNITED NATIONS 1962 : Cold War Days
Subject: UNITED NATIONS 1962 : Cold War Days U Thant of Burma
A question of historical reference:
Do you know why the UN and world community elected U Thant to the UN and
supported the Ne Win coup d'etat? Who has written in detail of this, and
the negotiations for his selection?
> In 1949, Chinese Communists captured Chungking.
>
> In 1962, U Thant of Burma was elected Secretary-General of the United
> Nations, succeeding the late Dag
> Hammarskjold.
>