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The events surrounding the United Nations' intervention in newly-independent Democratic Republic of Congo when Moise Tshombe declared Katanga a breakaway state and Patrice Lamumba asked the UN for help. Recordings and interviews include Dag Hammarskjöld who sent the first UN peacekeepers to Congo during the crisis, interview with Irish diplomat Conor Cruise O'Brien, recording of Colonel Joseph-Desire Mobutu, the Soviet Union's call for the resignation of Dag Hammarskjöld, the circumstances of Patrice Lamumba's death, the UN's attack on Katanga, an interview with Katanga leader Moise Tshombe and the circumstances of Dag Hammarskjöld's death. Presenter: Dan Isaacs.