African delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… U Thant to help obtain the release of Nelson Mandela, leader and co-founder of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested on 5 August 1962 near Howick, Natal, … a statement, the African delegates condemned the arrest of Mandela and noted that he was held under the Sabotage Act, …