CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY

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• Publication Date: September 21, 1961

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SUCCESSOR TO THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL
The UN faces a long period
of turmoil over constitutional
problems arising from the search
for a new secretary general
who will be acceptable to both
the USSR and the West. Soviet
delegates continue to insist
on their "troika" concept, but
Afro-Asian pressure may lead
to eventual appointment of a
single successor. Selection
of so authoritative a figure as
was Hammarekjold, however, is
unlikely
Hammarskjold's deathheenght
to a head the fight between East
and West over the 1960 Soviet
proposal for replacing the sec-
retary general with a triumvirate
representing the West, the Soviet
bloc, and the neutrals. The troi�
ka. idea was not well received
by the Afro-Asian members, many
of whom recognized that such a
reorganization would paralyze
the Secretariat. However, it
is possible that, in order to
avoid a Soviet veto, UN members
might agree to some version of
the troika in the lower echelons
of the Office of the Secretary
General.
The appointment of a new.
secretary general is subject
to the concurrence of the five
permanent members of the council
plus endorsement by a majority
of the 99-member General As-
sembly. The assembly can, how-
ever, decide that the choice of
a new secretary general is an
"important question" requiring
a two-thirds majority vote.
As a stopgap measure, the
concept of having the president
of the General Assembly tern
porarily handle the duties of
the secretary general was ap-
parently well received by sev-
eral UN members, including .
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Burma. the UAR, Sudan, Morocco,
and Iraq. Under this plan the
General Assembly would designate
either the president of the
current session--Mongi Slim of
Tunisia--or outgoing president
Boland of Ireland as interim
secretary general. The pro-
cedure was designed to avoid,
for the present, expected
Soviet vetoes in the Security
COuncil.of any nominee for
the lieSition 4ef, secretary
general.
Boland told the US delega-
tion on 18 September his canvass
of UN members showed that the
procedure would not be easy to
put across. He reported that
opposUion came from "well-
intentioned" delegations which
believe that one man could not
handle both jobs. Other oppo-
sition came from countries
which are promoting specific
candidates for the post and
from the Soviet bloc, which is
sticking to its troika proposal.
Prior to Bamnarskjold's
death, most UN members were
agreed that the next secretary
general would coma from Asia
or Africa. Mengi Slim, U"Thant
of Burma, and C. V. Narasimhan
and Krishna Menon of India
have been mentioned as possi-
bilities.
.In the meantime, the ad-
ministrative duties of the
;Secretary General's Office have
been assumed by Narasimhan,
recently appointed chef de cab-
inet in that office; Andrew
Cbrdier of the United States,
under secretary for General
Assembly affairs; and another
American, Ralph Bunche, under
secretary for political affairs.
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