UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05342371 Date 05 13 2013 r- 5 ELEASED IN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 HONG 02267 1410442 ACTION INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 IO-14 DODE-OO PM-05 H-O1 NSC-05 PA-O1 EUR-12 1106 034117 1506262 I16 1407272 FEB 79 FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7869 INFO CINCPAC HONOLULU AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEM BASSY NEW DELHI USLO PEKING AMEMBASSY TAIPEI CONFIDENTIALHONGKONG2267 E O 12065 RDS 2 14 85 THOMAS P TAGS PEPR CH IN SUBJECT TIBETAN AFFAIRS REF NEW DELHI 1369 NOTAL 1 C-ENTIRE TEXT 2 INDIAN COMMISSION FIRST SECRETARY PROTECT TOLD CONGENOFF FEBRUARY 13 THAT A DELEGATION OF TIBETANS RESIDENT IN INDIA WOULD DEPART WITHIN THE WEEK FOR A VISIT TO TIBET OF AT LEAST TWO WEEKS REFTEL DESCRIBED INITIAL PLANNING FOR THIS VISIT THE INDIAN DIPLOMAT SAID ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRIP WERE MADE WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN NEW DELHI BY HIGH- RANKING ADVISORS OF THE DALI LAMA THE INDIAN BELIEVED THE PRC HAD BEEN PROMISING TO ALLOW THE TIBETANS ACCESS TO A WIDE RANGE OF PLACES AND INSTITUTIONS 3 THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES AND HOPES THAT THE DALAI CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HONG 02267 1410442 AUTHORITY Charles Lahlguera Semor LAMA IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING RETURNING TO TIBET THE INDIAN FIRST SECRETARY NOTED THAT PEOPLE INSIDE TIBET HAD COMMUNICATED WITH THE DALAI LAMA TO DISCOURAGE HIM FROM GOING AHEAD WITH PLANS TO SEND THE ADVANCE PARTY TO TIBET ARGUING THAT CONDITIONS FOR TIBETANS WERE NOT AS GOOD AS BUT THE DALAI LAMA DECIDED IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEND A GROUP OF REFUGEES TO SEE THE FOURTEEN MEMBER GROUP WILL INCLUDE YOUNG PEOPLE BORN IN INDIA AS WELL AS SOME WHO CAN REMEMBER WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342371 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO Doc No C05342371 Date 05 13 2013 TIBET BEFORE 1959 THE DALAI REPRESENTATIVES REPORTEDLY WERE IMPRESSED THAT OFFICIALS AT THE CHINESE EMBASSY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MISTAKES HAD BEEN MADE IN TREATINGTHE TIBETANS ERRORS WHICH OF COURSE WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INFLUENCE OF LIN BIAO AND THE GANG OF FOUR 4 THE DALAI ORGANIZATION REPORTEDLY HAS SUGGESTED TO THE PRC THAT AS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE FREEDOM NOW ENJOYED BY TIBETANS THE PRC SHOULD PERMIT THE PANCHEN LAMA TO VISIT THE REFUGEES IN INDIA THE CHINESE REPLIED THAT SUCH A VISIT MIGHT NOT BE WELCOMED BY NEW DELHI THE INDIAN SECRETARY COMMENTED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IN FACT WOULD HAVEANO OBJECTION AT ALL TO A VISIT BY THE PANCHEN LAMA AND ASSUMED THE CHINESE FEARED WHAT HE MIGHT SAY OR DO WHEN HE WAS OUTSIDE THEIR CONTROL THIS ISSUE WOULD BE ONE OF THE MAJOR TOPICS OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND THE FOURTEEN MEMBER TIBETAN DELEGATION SHOESMITH CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05342371 Date 05 13 2013 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu