UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 305342408 Date 08 23 2013 SECRET IN PART Ba PAGE 01 HONG 10581 2709092 ACTION INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 830-00 026 272253Z 64 2606472 JUN 79 FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1529 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING HONG KONG 10581 3 96 DECAPTIONED WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS E O 6 26 99 BELLOCCHI NATALE H TAGS PEPR SREF CH UR MG IN SUBJECT CONTACT BETWEEN TIBETAN REFUGEES AND PRC REF A HONG KONG 5195 B HONG KONG 8577 C NEW DELHI 8946 1 4SE-GR-ET - ENTIRE TEXT 2 SUMMARY AN ELDER BROTHER OF THE DALAI LAMA GALO THUNDOP FLEW TO HONG KONG IN TO TELL PRC OFFICIALS HERE THAT BEIJING SHOULD NOT OVERREACT IN CONDEMING THE DALAI TRIP TO THE SOVIET UNION AND MONGOLIA THUNDOP HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DEVELOPING CONTACT BETWEEN THE TIBETAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY AND THE PRC LEADER- SHIP STRESSED THAT THE SOVIET TRIP SHOULD NOT MARK THE END OF THE DIALOGUE WITH BEIJING AS TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF FUTURE PROSPECTS THUNDOP TOLD THE PRC OFFICIALS THE DALAI LAMA HAD APPROVED A TRIP TO BEIJING IN JULY BY FIVE TIBETANS LED BY ANOTHER BROTHER OF HIS HOLINESS BEIJING STILL HAS NOT APPROVED THIS SECRET PAGE 02 HONG 10581 2709092 PROPOSED TRIP WHICH WOULD BE TO GALO OWN VISIT TO BEIJING IN MARCH THE DELAY COULD BE A SIGN THAT THE CHINESE ARE NOT PREPARED TO FORGIVE AND FORGET SO QUICKLY THE VISIT TO THE LAND OF THEIR ARCHRIVALS POLITUBRO MEMBER ULANHU Tog THAT THE ULANDU TOLD Be HAT THE SOVIET TRIP COULD DESTROY ALL PROGRESS UP TO NOW IN IMPORVING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE REFUGEES AND THE PRC END SUMMARY BB APPEALS PANEL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATIOND RELEASED B6 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342408 Date 08 23 2013 39130 80173178900 9390 91318401U9Um9d90 EGEOHEJNJ OJ ONCEH EIHJ HOJOEHIG HBSWEIIN A8 GEMSV SVM HIHVW GEJJSIA OHM GELON 3033th CJNV EHJ OJ JJSIA lV lVCl EHJ ONITIEONVO NI SIH O L EEHJONV NI ONOM ONOH OJ MOVE ma AVW NI VICINI O L GEINHHJEH '9 OJ 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DALAI LAMA LOZSANG SAMTEN THE NCNA OFFICIALS PASSED THIS LIST TO BEIJING ABOUT TWO AGO AND GALO THUNDOP AND LOBSANG SAMTEN ARE NOW IN HONG KONG WAITING FOR A REPLY THEY SPECULATE THAT THE DELAY IN RECEIVING PRC APPROVAL COULD BE DUE TO ANNOYANCE AT THEIR TRIP TO THE SOVIET UNION OR SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE CHINESE PREOCCUPATION WITH THE ONGOING NATIONAL CONGRESS NPC NOW ATTENDED BY THEIR PRINCIPAL CONTACT LI ZHUSHENG 8 HONG KONG NCNA HAS PASSED TO GALO THUNDOP ONE MESSAGE FROM BEIJING AN ASSURANCE BY ULANDU THAT THE EIGHTEEN YOUNG EXILES WHOSE PLANNED TRIP TO TIBET HAS BEEN HELD UP BY INSISTENCE BY THE PRC EMBASSY IN NEW DELHI THAT THEIR VISAS MUST DECLARE THEY ARE REF C NOW CAN REAPPLY WITHOUT FEAR THAT THE SAME OBSTACLE WILL ARISE AGAIN THUNDOP TOLD OUR SOURCE MESSAGE CORROBORATED HIS OWN IMPRESSION THAT THE CONDITIONS SET BY THE CHINESE IN NEW DELHI HAD NOT BEEN COORDINATED WITH BEIJING HE RELAYED MESSAGE BACK TO DARAMSALA BUT PRIVATELY EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THE GROUP HAD BEEN SO INCENSED BY THE PRC CONDITIONS THAT THEY WOULD DELAY FOR SOME TIME BEFORE REAPPLYING AGAIN - SHOESMITH SECRET UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05342408 Date 08 23 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