G. Edward Griffin - The Fearful Master - PDF Archive

Hungarian Freedom Fighters, was offered to the American people as evidence that the
United Nations did do something.
Active in this committee was Povle Bang-Jensen. Determined to do a conscientious job,
he found that the only way he could get the refugees to testify was to personally promise
them that their names would not be disclosed to anyone else-especially anyone at the
United Nations.
Most of these people still had relatives inside Hungary and they feared that if their
identities were known their loved ones would be executed or imprisoned. This seemed fair
enough, but not for Dag Hammarskjold. He insisted that Bang-Jensen turn over the list of
names in spite of Bang-Jensen's promise to the refugees. Rather than break his word or
endanger the lives of innocent people, Bang-Jensen burned the list on the roof of the
United Nations building. Hammarskjold was furious. Bang-Jensen was fired amidst a
barrage of sweeping accusations, including insanity. No UN tribunal demanded
reinstatement or cash indemnification.
To further complicate the situation, Bang-Jensen had been approached in confidence by a
potential Soviet defector who pleaded with him to help arrange for asylum in the United
States. The defector told Bang-Jensen that the thirty-eighth floor of the United Nations,
where the top administrative offices are located, was actually under Communist control
and that the Soviet secret police had successfully penetrated even the American
intelligence services. This shocking information was then dispatched to Allen Dulles, head
of our Central Intelligence Agency, who, instead of moving resolutely to acquire the full
details from this vital source of information, let Bang-Jensen and the Soviet defector cool
their heels for seven long and agonizing months before even expressing any interest. By
this time the defector had been sent back to Russia. The CIA never did ask Bang-Jensen
for details.
Shortly afterward, Bang-Jensen's body was found in a park in New York. Although it
appeared to be a suicide, the surrounding evidence as presented by the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee strongly indicates that he was murdered by the Soviet secret
police for knowing too much.
But the most interesting part of all is the fact that several of the Hungarian refugees
interviewed were formerly officials of the Hungarian Communist party. When testifying,
they specifically wanted assurances that their names would not be made known to the
Secretary-General. 17 One can only wonder why.
U Thant: One of the strongest political groups in Burma today is the Anti-Fascist Peoples
Freedom League, an organization that leans considerably to the left. U Thant was at one
time the press and publicity director for this group. 18 But it was U Nu, then prime minister
of Burma, who really brought Thant into politics. U Nu regarded U Thant as his personal
friend and advisor, made him his first secretary and also appointed him to the United
Nations. In short, Thant was the protégé of U Nu. It is certain that Thant’s political beliefs
and basic orientation could not have strayed too far from those of his tutor without
disrupting the close working relationship and mutual confidence so obviously shared by
them for many years. What, then, is the political philosophy of U Nu?
In a speech delivered on May Day, 1948, U Nu declared: