UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342432 Date 05 13 2013 IN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 STATE 208257 ORIGIN 2 INFO OCT-00 EUR-12 NEA-06 ADS-00 SIG-03 HA-05 FBIE-OO SY-05 SYE-OO PM-05 H-01 INR-10 NSC-05 PA-01 SP-02 SS-15 ICA-11 IO-14 I116R DRAFTED BY APPROVED BY JR EAIRWSULLIVAN 006169 101821 I46 101629Z AUG 79 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEIVIBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY INFO AMCONSUL ZURICH PRIORITY AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY AMCONSUL HONG KONG PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY CINCPAC HONOLULU HI 0000 CONFIDENTIALSTATE208257 E O 8 9 85 FREEMAN C W TAGSZPEPR PINT OH US SUBJECT CHINESE EMBASSY COMMENTS ON DALAI U S VISIT 1 PRC CHARGE CAO GUISHENG RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE DALAI VISIT TO THE US BY PRESENTING A NON-PAPER TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY HOLBROOKE ON AUGUST 7 TEXT WHICH WAS REPORTED TO EMBASSY BEIJING BY SEPTEL IS REPRODUCED IN PARA SIX FOR OTHER INFO CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior Reviewer CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 STATE 208257 2 WE RESPONDED BY PRESENTING OUR OWN NON-PAPER WHEN CAO CALLED ON DEPUTY ASST SECRETARY SULLIVAN AUGUST 9 TEXT AS FOLLOWS UNITED STATES IS PREPARED TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A VISA TO THE DALAI LAMA TO PERMIT HIM TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES IN A PURELY PRIVATE CAPACITY HE WILL NOT BE RECEIVED BY ANY OFFICIAL OF THIS ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HIS VISIT HERE WOULD BE SOLELY UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No 005342432 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIEDFUS Department of State Case No F9201O-04407 Doc No 305342432 Date 05 13 2013 vs IN HIS ROLE AS A RELIGIOUS LEADER AND THAT WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE HIM IN ANY GOVERNMENTAL CAPACITY TO DENY THE DALAI LAMA THE ABILITY TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH UNITED STATES PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM OF TRAVEL UNITED STATES DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS VISIT SHOULD HAVE ANY ADVERSE EFFECT ON RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA OUR POSITION ON THE STATUS OF TIBET IS CLEAR AND WE ARE PREPARED PUBLICLY TO STATE THAT WE CONSIDER TIBET TO BE A PART OF CHINA DEPARTMENT OF STATE NOTES THAT THE DALAI LAMA HAS VISITED JAPAN SWITZERLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES APPARENTLY WITHOUT ANY ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THOSE COUNTRIES AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA REGARDS THE OF IN NEW YORK WE CONSIDER THE OFFICE TO BE A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION WITH NO OFFICIAL STATUS OR CHARACTER AS LONG AS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE DO NOT VIOLATE THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 STATE 208257 OR OF THE STATE AND CITY OF NEW YORK THERE IS NO LEGAL BASIS FOR TAKING ANY ACTION AGAINST 3 GAO RESPONDED TO OUR INFORMAL PAPER HE TERMED HIS THAT ALLOWING THE DALAI LAMA TO VISIT WOULD BE AN UNFRIENDLY GESTURE TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE HE REQUESTED USG ASSURANCE THAT THE DALAI LAMA WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES DURING HIS STAY IN THE US HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE DALAI TENTATIVE US SCHEDULE INCLUDES SEVERAL PRESS CONFERENCES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CAO CONCLUDED BY READING FROM HIS NON-PAPER THAT ANYTHING THAT HURTS THE CHINESE FEELINGS AND HARMS SINO- US RELATIONS SHOULD HAPPEN THE US GOVERNMENT CANNOT BUT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR 4 ON THE QUESTION OF THE OF IN NEW YORK CAO MADE A PERSONAL THAT OUR REPLY WAS NOT SATISFACTORY 5 SULLIVAN CONCLUDED THE DISCUSSION BY STATING THAT UNDERSTAND THE CHINESE 6 TEXT OF THE CHINESE NON-PAPER AS FOLLOWS HAVE TAKEN NOTE THAT THE US GOVERNMENT NEVER LET DALAI VISIT THE US IN THE PAST IT IS MUCH TO OUR UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342432 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc NO C05342432 Date 05 13 2013 4 REGRET THAT THE US GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE CHANGED ITS ATTITUDE AND AGREED TO LET DALAI VISIT THE US AFTER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CHINA AND THE US AND WHEN SINO-U S RELATIONS HAVE MADE PROGRESS AS COMPARED WITH THE PAST THIS CAN HARDLY BE SEEN AS A FRIENDLY GESTURE TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE TIBET IS AN INALIENABLE PART OF THE TERRITORY OF CHINA AND OUR COMPATRIOTS OF TIBETAN NATIONALITY ARE A MEMBER OF CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 STATE 208257 THE GREAT FAMILY OF NATIONALITIES IN CHINA ANY ATTEMPT AIMED AT SPLITTING THE UNIFICATION OF OUR COUNTRY AND JEOPARDIZING THE UNITY OF VARIOUS NATIONALITIES IN CHINA WILL NOT BE TOLERATED BY THE ENTIRE CHINESE PEOPLE INCLUDING TIBETANS WE HOPE TO HAVE THE US ASSURANCE THAT DALAI SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES DURING HIS STAY IN THE US IF ANY- THING THAT HURTS THE CHINESE FEELING AND HARMS SINO-U S RELATIONS SHOULD HAPPEN THE US GOVERNMENT CANNOT BUT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CHINESE SIDE ASKED THE US SIDE REPEATEDLY IN THE PAST TO BAN THE SO-CALLED SET UP BY DALAI IN NEWYORK THE US SIDE HOWEVER PREVARICATED IN ITS RESPONSE WE NOW ONCE AGAIN ASK THE US SIDE TO ADOPT CORRESPONDING MEASURES AND COME UP WITH A SATISFACTORY REPLY TO THE CHINESE 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