Everyone demanded a right to dictate the way to peace in the Congo, but few wanted to pay for the privilege. For weeks U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold had pleaded, cajoled, warned and wheedled in the effort to rake up funds for his 20,000-man Congo force. But member nations still owed $24 million for his 1960 operations alone, not to mention the $120 million he would have to spend this year. Of the U.N.'s 99 members, only six (Australia, Ireland, The Netherlands, Canada, Britain, the U.S.) had paid or promised to pay any...
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