UNITED NATIONS 1962 : Cold War Days

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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A question of historical reference: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.
>