Blev Dag Hammarskjöld mördad?

(Fotnot) 3. Article by Anders Hellberg, Dagens Nyheter, 6 March 1994; translation of article provided by Hellberg to the author.

I received a response and records in June 2017 indicating that the United States Department of State had identified records indicating that a United States Army and Navy Attachés’ aircraft was in Ndola between 15 and 18 September 1961, two planes (a United States Air Attaché plane and a United States Pretoria Attaché plane) were in Elisabethville from 15 to 17 September before moving to Ndola on 18 September, and that there were therefore on 18 September 1961 at least three United States aircraft in the Ndola area. The United States response further clarified that the “US aircraft in Ndola in September of 1961 ... were there in connection with the ongoing crisis in the Congo during that period, and in connection with reports that the aircraft carrying Secretary- General Hammarskjöld had crashed”.

130. In his report (undated but transmitted to the Department of State on 27 September 1961), the Resident Consul in Lusaka describes assisting the Unites States Air Attaché (Matlick) in transmitting communications from Ndola to Elisabethville, Leopoldville and Washington, D.C, by the “single sideband” radio on Matlick’s plane. This shows that United States representatives had radio equipment of a high enough power to be able to communicate directly from Ndola to as far as Washington, D.C.

This appears also to have been known by Rhodesian and United Kingdom authorities, as, in information sent from the British High Commissioner, Lord Alport, to Secretary of State Sandys of 25 September 1961, brought to my attention by the researcher Simensen, the following comment is made: “aeroplanes belonging to the United States Air Attachés in Leopoldville and Pretoria had been parked for some days on the apron at Ndola airport.

132. I also requested [Sven] Hammarberg to comment on the likelihood that radar or radio surveillance may have been conducted in the relevant area surrounding Ndola on 17 and 18 September 1961. Hammarberg observed that there was information that a United States C-47 aircraft [Dakota] was at Ndola airbase at that time, which could have been used as a recording and/or relay station (“field command post”) for any VHF transmissions in the area. He further noted his opinion that it was highly likely that the intelligence organizations of interested countries would have been collecting information through signal and communications intelligence (SIGINT/COMINT) in the Ndola area at the time in question.

- Lord Alport, British High Commissioner to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

- John Mussel, Squadron Leader of the Royal Rhodesian Air Force.

- Brian Unwin, diplomat och sekreterare till Lord Alport.

- Arundel Martin, Air Traffic Controler, Ndola AirPort.

- Don Gaylor, US Air Attaché, Pretoria.

- Dokument, United States Consul in Lusaka (inget namn).

- Sven Hammarberg. Haveriutredare.

- Dokument, United States Department of State.

Ja. USA hade flygplan på plats i Ndola vilka hade tillräckligt starka HF-sändare för att nå ända till Washington DC., för att inte säga till NSA’s lyssningsstationer på Cypern och Kreta

Ja. USA kunde därmed både banda och reläa VHF-trafik i realtid från Ndola bl.a. till sina lyssningsstationer på Cypern och på Kreta.

Ja. USA kunde dekryptera bl.a. FN’s interna radiotrafik.

Ja. Det finns även uppgifter om att FN’s schweiska krypteringsmaskiner hade en ’back door’ som både US och UK hade nyckeln till, FN ovetandes.