NSA may have new evidence about death UN chief

The U.S. Secret Service NSA may have some important evidence that might shed light on the death of UN chief Dag Hammarskjold, who was killed in 1961 when his plane crashed in Zambia.
This enables an independent commission that the mysterious crash has re-examined. The top lawyers presented their report Monday in the Peace Palace in The Hague.
The Commisssion consists of lawyers from different countries, including former Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY Richard Goldstone. They argue that there is new evidence that the plane may have been shot out of the sky, and call for a new UN study.
According to the NSA lawyers probably have intercepted radio traffic of aircraft above the then British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia were active. An earlier theory suggested that a fire fighter has opened, may be so controlled.
A request to release this information was rejected. The recordings wear after 52 years still the stamp 'strictly confidential'.
Pilot
The committee heard through the grapevine that the Belgian pilot of the fighter he would have shot on the device. The Swedish UN chief announced in 1967 The goal would have been to return the unit, but that turned out differently.
Hammarskjöld's death is often considered, even by the UN, but the cause of the crash was never conclusively determined.
The Secretary-General was the fatal September day in 1961 on the way to Northern Rhodesia to discuss a ceasefire between the Government of the grid independent Congo and Congolese rebels in the Katanga region. The latter were supported by mercenaries from European mining companies that were active in the mineral rich region.