UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO Doc NO C05342514 Date 05 13 2013 CONFIDENTIAL IN PAGE 01 HONG 08462 01 OF 02 0412582 ACTION INFO OCT-01 NEA-06 ADS-00 PM-05 L-03 NSAE-OD NSC-05 PA-01 SP-02 ICA-11 IO-14 108 101087 0413412150 030815Z JUN 80 FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9591 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING CINCPAC AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEIVIBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI FBIS OKINAWA AMCONSUL SHANGHAI AIT TAIPEI AMEMBASSY TOKYO OF2HONGKONG8462 E O 12065 GUS-3 6 3 86 BROOKS THOMAS S OR-P TAGS CH PINT ECON SUBJ U PARTY CENTER LAVISHES ATTENTION ON TIBET REF HONG KONG 8061 1 C SUMMARY BY THE DISPATCH OF A DELEGATION AND OTHER MOVES AND GESTURES THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CENTER HAS SHOWN MORE ATTENTION TO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN TIBET THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS IT WAS REVEALED IN PUBLICITY ABOUT THE VISIT THAT THE PARTY SECRETARIAT HELD A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN APRIL ABOUT TIBET IN A MAJOR POLICY ADDRESS DELIVERED 9 BEFORE 4 500 PARTY GOVERNMENT AND PLA OFFICIALS AND CADRES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior Reviewed PAGE 02 HONG 08462 01 OF 02 0412582 AS WELL AS NON-PARTY UNITED FRONT FIGURES PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY HU YAOBANG ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF ECONOMIC AND OTHER MEASURES TO LIGHTEN THE BURDEN ON POPULACE IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THE WHIRLWIND TOUR BY HU AND OTHER TOP OFFICIALS WILL PRODUCE NOTICEABLE RESULTS OVER THE SHORT TERM GIVEN BACKWARD CONDITIONS POOR RELATIONS BETWEEN HAN CHINESE AND THE LOCAL POPULACE AND THE GENERAL DEMORALIZED STATE OF BOTH THE LOCAL POPULACE AND THE HAN CHINESE NEVERTHELESS THE HIGH STATURE OF THE DELEGATION THE PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc NO C05342514 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No C05342514 Date 05 13 2013 AND THE PROMISES LEFT BEHIND BY THE DELEGATION TOGETHER WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONCERN SHOWN IN THE PAST YEAR FOR WINNING BACK THE DALAI LAMA AND THE TIBETAN EXILE COMMUNITY ALL SHOW THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PARTY CENTER IS WILLING TO DEVOTE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF TIBET END SUMMARY 2 LOU BY THE DISPATCH OF A HIGH-POVVERED DELEGATION AND OTHER MOVES AND GESTURES THE PARTY CENTER HAS SHOWN MORE ATTENTION TO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN TIBET XIZANG THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS OR MORE THE DELEGATION WHICH ARRIVED IN TIBET ON MAY 22 WAS LED BY PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY HU YAOBANG AND INCLUDED WAN LI PARTY SECRETARY AND VICE NGAPOI JIGME OB TIBETAN NATIONALITY VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS STANDING COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE XIZANG AUTONOMOUS REGION CONGRESS STANDING YANG JINGREN VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE AND CHAIR- MAN OF THE STATE NATIONALITIES AND ZHAO ZHENQING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE PARTY ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT APPARENT TASK ACCORDING TO THE HONG KONG PRC-CONTROLLED DAGONGBAO IS TO DEAL WITH PARTY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 HONG 08462 01 OF 02 041258Z CADRE QUESTIONS IN TIBET HU YAOBANG WAS BACK IN BEIJING BY JUNE 1 BUT IT IS PROBABLE THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION ARE STILL AT WORK IN TIBET 3 LOU IN PUBLICITY ABOUT THE DELEGATION VISIT IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE SECRETARIAT HELD A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN APRIL TO DEVISE NEW POLICIES FOR PARTY WORK IN TIBET A CIRCULAR ENTITLED OF PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON WORK IN WAS ISSUED BY THE DELEGATION ON RRIVAL AND USED AS A BASIS FOR DISCUSSION DURING A SERIES OF MEETINGS THE DELEGATION HELD IN TIBET HU YAOBANG AND OTHER DELEGATION MEMBERS MET WITH A BROAD RANGE OF XIZANG PARTY GOVERNMENT PLA AND NON-PARTY UNITED FRONT FIGURES INCLUDING MANY CADRES WHO ATTENDED AN ENLARGED MEETING OF THE REGIONAL PARTY STANDING COMMITTEE WHICH WAS HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH THE VISIT ON MAY 29 HU YAOBANG SPOKE TO BOUT 4 500 PERSONS INCLUDING ALL THE DELGATES TO THE REGIONAL PARTY STANDING COMMITTEE ENLARGED MEETING HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND PARTY GOVERNMENT AND PLA CADRES IN LHASA MUNICIPALITY AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE XIZANG REGIONAL AND LHASA MUNICIPAL COMMITTEES IT WAS REPORTED THAT AND FORMER TIBETAN PARTY FIRST SECRETARY REN RONG ALSO ATTENDED THE MAY WO MEETING 4 LOU TIAN BAO AN OLD CADRE OF TIBETAN NATIONALITY WHO IS CHAIRMAN GOVERNOR OF THE XIZANG AUTONOMOUS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342514 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05342514 Date 05 13 2013 REGION AND A PARTY SECRETARY WAS APPARENTLY NOT IN TIBET DURING THE PERIOD OF THE DELEGATION VISIT HE WENT TO BEIJING TO ATTEND THE LIU SHAOQI FUNERAL ON MAY 17 AND THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORT OF HIS RETURN TO TIBET LIKE REN RONG TIAN BAO IS A CULTURAL REVOLUTION SURVIVOR UNLIKE REN AND TIAN NGAPOI NGAWANG-JIGME HAS STAYED IN BEIJING FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS SERVED THE ROLE OF A TOKEN TIBETAN ON THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 HONG 08462 01 OF 02 041258Z 5 LOU IN CRITICISM OF REN STEWARDSHIP OF TIBET HU YAOBANG SAID THAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS HAD FAILED UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE PARTY CENTER AND PARTICULARLY SINCE THE THIRD PLENUM HAD BEEN SLOW IN MAKING CHANGES HU EMPHASIZED EXTREME CONDITION OF POVERTY AND PLEDGED THAT THE PARTY WOULD WORK TOWARD THE GOAL OF REACHING CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 HONG 08462 02 OF 02 041257Z ACTION INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 AIT-02 EB-08 TRSE-OO H-01 INR-10 NSC-05 SP-02 1108 --101086 0413402 I50 0308152 JUN 80 FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9592 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING CINCPAC AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI FBIS OKINAWA AMCONSUL SHANGHAI AIT TAIPEI AMEMBASSY TOKYO UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No 005342514 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No C05342514 Date 05 13 2013 AND SURPASSING WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS THE HIGHER LIVING STANDARD FORMERLY ENJOYED IN TIBET HU ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF ECONOMIC MEASURES DESIGNED TO LIGHTEN THE BURDEN ON THE TIBETAN PEOPLE NCLUDING EXEMPTION FROM TAXES AND ROM TATE PURCHASE QUOTAS STATE PURCHASE OF LOCAL PRODUCTS THROUGH NEGOTIATED PRICES AND BARTER ARRANGEMENTS REDUCTION IN THE SIZE OF PRODUCTION TEAMS MORE PRIVATE PLOTS AND LARGER PRIVATE LIVESTOCK HERDS AND AUTONOMY FOR PEASANTS TO ECIDE WHAT CROPS THEY WISH TO RAISE HE REVEALED THAT TIBETAN PEASANTS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RAISE GRAINS FAVORED BY HAN CHINESE INSTEAD OF GRAINS TRADITIONALLY FAVOREDBYTIBETANS IN SUMMARY HU SAID THAT IN CARRYING OUT WORK IN TIBET NATIONAL PARTY AND STATE POLICY REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HONG K 08462 02 OF 02 041257Z RELAXED RELAXED AND RELAXED AGAIN HU CLAIMED THAT THE STATE IN THE PAST HAD ALLOCATED MORE FUNDS FOR USE IN TIBET THAN FOR ANY OTHER PROVINCE OR REGION BUT HE PROMISED THAT STATE DEVELOPMENT AID WOULD BE FURTHER INCREASED 6 LOU ON CULTURAL AFFAIRS HU SAID THAT ON THE PREMISE THAT THE SOCIALIST ORIENTATION IS UPHELD WORLD REKNOWNED ANCIENT TIBETAN CULTURE INCLUDING FINE BUDDHISM GRACEFUL MUSIC AND DANCE AS WELL AS MEDICINE AND OPERA SHOULD BE STUDIED AND DEVELOPED HU ORDERED ALL HAN CHINESE CADRES TO TAKE UP TIBETAN LANGUAGE STUDY HE SAID THAT WITHIN TWO OR THREE YEARS FULL-TIME CADRES OF TIBETAN NATIONALITY SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF ALL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DOCTORS TEACHERS AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS SINCE THE GOAL WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH FOR THE LATTER THREE CATEGORIES AND TIBET NEEDED ALL THE DOCTORS AND TEACHERS IT COULD GET IN A SIGN THAT THE PARTY WILL ONLY GO SO FAR IN RELAXING ITS CONTROL HU SAID THAT FULL PLAY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE RIGHTS OF REGIONAL AUTONOMY OF THE MINORITY NATIONALITIES UNDER THE UNIFIED LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY CENTRL COMMITTEE 7 U IN A MAY 31 COMMENTARY ON THE DELEGATION VISIT HONG KONG'S DAGONGBAO POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW TIBET PARTY ACTING FIRST SECRETARY YIN FATANG ALTHOUGH A HAN CHINESE HAS SPENT MANY YEARS IN TIBET AND CAN SPEAK TIBETAN THE COMMENTARY SPECULATED THAT YIN FATANG'S APPOINTMENT AS ACTING FIRST SECRETARY SIGNIFIES THAT THE PARTY CENTER PLANS TO REPLACE YIN AT SOME POINT WITH SOMEONE OF TIBETAN NATIONALITY DAGONGBAO DREWTHE L1NEK BETWEEN NEW POLICIES AIMED AT STIMULATING THE TIBETAN ECONOMY AND CHINA'S DIPLOMATIC GOAL OF WINNING OVER THE DALAI CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No C05342514 Date 05 13 2013 39330 #1337890 1017170'0 953C 91318 40 N39 SV SLOV HOPVW LSEIH SIH EINO 8V NO NOLLVEILNEIO NESOHO SVH BNVSOVA FIH LVHJ MOHS Witld v NI SHIdelv NVLEIEIJ NO EHJ A8 SBNIJEIEIW EIHJ SNICIITIONI EIHJ 80 1 EIHJ 'iElEllJ NOILNELLV LNFIOINV AHVNICJEIOVHLXE NV EHNIJ LSHH 3HJ 80 ELLOAEICI O L ONITIIM HELNEIO EHJ MOHS TIV H llXEl 3HJ CINV EIHJ 80 EHL NI NMOHS HSIH EIHJ HEHLESOL LzlEl l EIHJ EIHJ CINV EIHJ El ledElEl LNEIAA HOIHM 3HJ 3H1 10 HEJIH EHJ NVH GNV EHJ 10 ELVLS CEIZITVEIOINEICI EHJ CINV EIH L CINV ESENIHO NVH NEEWLLEIEI NENE WHEJ EIHJ HEAO SEEIFISH dOi 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