Conor Cruise O'Brien

Professor Cruise O'Brien is listed as speaking on "The United States, United Nations and Revolution."

As United Nations representative in charge of the Congo "Peace-keeping" Mission, Dr. O'Brien launched Operation Morthor, designed to prevent the secession of the state of Katanga. The actions of the mission are considered to have caused the staughter of some thousands of Katangese.

United Nations troops, commanded by Indian Major-General K. A. S. Raja, were seen throwing prisoners from the roof of the Elisabethville, Katanga, Post Office. Sworn evidence detailing atrocities committed by personnel under Dr. O'Brien was suppressed by the United Kingdom government.

Dr. O'Brien later accepted a senior post at the University of Accra during the Nkrumah regime, indicating his willingness to serve under a black dictatorship. Cooperation between European and African, as happened in Katanga, was anathema to him.

He is at present Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities and Literature at New York University.