Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold is canvassing possibilities of filling the post of chief of staff of the United Nations Truce Super vision Organization at the request of Lt. Gen E.L.M. Burns, commander of the UN Emergency Force, UN headquarters said today.
The announcement followed a report that Sweden had suggested to Mr. Hammarskjoid that he appoint Col. Carlson von Horn, head of the Maimo defense area in Sweden, to the UNTSO post and that other governments also had suggested candidates for the position.
The UN statement said that Gen. Burns has been on leave from his post as UNTSO chief of staff since his appointment in November, 1956 as UNEF commander, retaliating chief of staff duties only in relation to the demarcation lines between Israel and Egypt where UNEF contingents are stationed. The statement emphasized that in January, Gen. Burns suggested to Mr. Hammarskjold that it might be desirable to reach a definite arrangement about UNTSO and that he was, therefore, placing his post as UNTSO chief of staff at Mr. Hammarskjold’s disposal.
The UN statement also said that if a new chief of staff was named, Col. Byron V. Leary, who has been acting chief of staff in Gen. Burns’ absence, would remain as deputy chief of staff until the end of his contract.
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