2 photos – PM Ben-Gurion & UN Secretary General Hammarskjold, 1961.

Two photos of Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion & United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, New York, May 28^th 1961.
This meeting took place three months before Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash.

“Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, left, and United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold are all smiles at the conclusion of their talks at Hammarsjkold’s home at Park Ave. and 73^rd st. New York City may 28. The conversation lasted about an hour and dealt with the world situation in a general way.”

Described on the reverse.

Dag Hammarskjöld (1905 – 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, Christian mystic, and the second Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Dag HammarskjöldHe served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. 
He is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.
Hammarskjöld remains the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld “the greatest statesman of our century”.

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