Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, here to head her country’s delegation to the General Assembly, which is schedules to open its sessions tomorrow, expressed her Government’s and her personal “great shock” this morning, when she heard of the death of Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia. Mrs. Meir declared:
“The news of the tragic and untimely death of the Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, has come as a great shock to my Government and myself. He was a dedicated and tireless servant of humanity who gave his life in the course of duty.
“I have called the Foreign Minister of Sweden to convey our sympathy to the bereaved family and to his Government at the loss of a most distinguished son of Sweden.” Mrs. Meir also sent a letter to Frederick H. Boland, of Ireland, outgoing president of the Assembly, expressing the same sentiments.
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