Povl Bang-Jensen was a Danish diplomat who refused to hand over a list of eighty-one witnesses to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 to his UN superiors.
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Povl Bang-Jensen was a Danish diplomat who refused to hand over a list of eighty-one witnesses to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 to his UN superiors. It is thought that he considered their identities sensitive information, and if they were turned over to the UN Secretariat, they could be leaked to the Soviet Union, and reprisals could possibly be taken against their relatives in Hungary.
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1959 · aged 50
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8 languages
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