UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case NO DOC No C05342424 Date 05 13 2013 CONFIDENTIAL IN PART PAGE 01 HONG 15662 0908262 ACTION 88 25 INFO OCT-01 880-00 SVC-OO 1026 084879 090931 1 5 0700012 SEP 79 FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3665 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY BERN AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI NSC WASHDC AMEM BASSY TOKYO AMCONSUL ZURICH CON DECAPTIONED NSC FOR MICHEL OKSENBERG OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING E O 12065 9 6 99 SHOESMITH THOMAS P TAGS PEPR SREF SUBJECT C DALAI VISIT TO THE U S REF STATE 221981 1 C- ENTIRE TEXT - AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior RevieweII IN INDIA HAS TOLD US THAT ON AUGUST 30 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HONG 15662 090826Z PRC OFFICIAL IN HONG KONG WHO HAS CONNECTIONS IN RELIGIOUS UNIDENTIFIED EXCEPT AS NOT WITH NCNA INFORMED HIM THAT BEIJING WAS INTERESTED IN ENCOURAGING A MEETING IN NEW YORK BETWEEN THE DALAI LAMA AND THE CHINESE DELEGATION TO THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND PEACE IN PRINCETON NEW I JERSEYI -- WHO WAS UNAWARE THAT 36 BEIJING 8 THE COINCIDENCE OF THE TWO GROUPS BEING IN THE U S AT THE SAME TIME REFTEL -- INFORMED GALO THUNDOP A BROTHER OF THE DALAI LAMA WHO HANDLES CONTACT WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS IN HONG KONG UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No DOC No 005342424 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No DocNo 005342424 Date 05 13 2013 OF THE REQUEST TO ARRANGE A MEETING 3 THUNDOP IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE HEAD OF THE OF IN NEW YORK WHO TOLD HIM THAT BY AUGUST 30 THE CHINESE DELEGATION ALREADY HAD CALLED THE OFFICE THREE TIMES TO REQUEST A MEETING WITH THE DALAI LAMA AND THE REQUESTS HAD BEEN POLITELY DECLINED THUNDOP ADVISED THE HEAD OF THE NEW YORK OFFICE THAT THESE REFUSALS WERE FOOLISH AND AFTER DISCUSSION THEY AGREED THAT IF THE DELEGATION CALLED AGAIN THE TIBETANS WOULD ACCEPT THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WAS REPORTED TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CHINESE OFFICIAL IN HONG KONG WHO RELAYED THE MESSAGE TO BEIJING AS OF SEPTEMBER 5 THUNDOP HAD RECEIVED NO WORD OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS 4 THUNDOP COMMENTED THAT THE DALAI LAMA WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET WITH THE HEAD OF THE CHINESE DELEGATION CHAO PUCHU WHOM HE FIRST MET IN BEIJING IN 1954 AND RESPECTS AS A GENUINE BUDDHIST SCHOLAR THUNDOP HAD A LONG TALK WITH CHAO DURING HIS SECRET TRIP TO BEIJING IN MARCH- 5 COMMENT THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PRC CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PAGE 03 HONG 15662 0908262 RELIGIOUS REQUEST FOR A MEETING WITH THE DALAI LAMA AND THE PRC WASHINGTON REQUEST THAT THE DALAI ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK BE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE VISIT IS THE THIRD CASE SO FAR IN WHICH THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND THE UNITED FRONT WORK DEPARTMENT HAVE APPEARED TO BE WORKING AT ODDS AT A MINIMUM THERE APPEARS TO BE POOR COORDINATION WITHIN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON TIBETAN POLICY WE RECALL THAT SHORTLY AFTER MARCH TRIP TO BEIJING HE CALLED THE PRC AMBASSADOR IN NEW DELHI TO REQUEST A MEETING AND WAS REFUSED WHEN HE PROTESTED THAT HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A LONG TALK WITH DENG XIAOPING THE EMBASSY OFFICER RECEIVING THE CALL HUNG UP TWO DAYS LATER THE EMBASSY APOLO- GETICALLY CALLED HIM BACK AND THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH HIM IN A SECOND CASE THE NEW DELHI EMBASSY REQUIRED A GROUP OF YOUNG TIBETAN REFUGEES TO REGISTER AS BEFORE ISSUING VISAS FOR A VISIT TO CHINA A THE TIBETANS REJECTED POLITBURO MEMBER ULANHU WHO HEADS THE UNITED FRONT WORK DEPARTMENT PASSED WORD TO GALO THUNDOP THAT THE EMBASSY HAD ACTED INCORRECTLY AND IF THE YOUNG TIBETANS REQUESTED VISAS AGAIN THERE WOULD BE NO SUCH CONDITIONS BUT BY THEN THE WOULD-BE TRAVELLERS FELT THEY HAD BEEN INSULTED AND THE TRIP WAS CALLED OFF SHOESMITH UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No 005342424 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No 005342424 Date 05 13 2013 NOTE BY HONG KONG CORRECTION TO FOLLOW CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05342424 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