UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342517 Date 05 13 2013 9 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 HONG 08782 1009442 ACTION EA-12 IN INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 NEA-06 ADS-DO PIVI-05 H-01 INR-10 NSAE-OD NSC-05 88-15 HA-05 091 014635 1011052 20 1000202 JUN 80 FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9730 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING CINCPAC AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEM BASSY NEW DELHI FBIS OKINAWA AMCONSUL SHANGHAI AIT TAIPEI AMEMBASSY TOKYO CONFIDENTIALHONGKONG8782 E O 12065 GDS 6 9 86 BURGHARDT RAYMOND F OR-P TAGS CH PINT PGOV PINS SOCI SUBJ TIBETAN POLICY REF HONG KONG 8462 1 LOU DAILY JUNE 8 IN A PROMINENT PAGE ONE STORY REPORTED ON THE BRIEF MAY 31 STOPOVER OF PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY HU YAOBANG AND SECRETARIAT VICE MINISTER WAN LI IN QINGHAI PROVINCE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO BEIJING FROM TIBET DURING THE STOPOVER HU ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW LIBERAL POLICY GUIDELINES FOR TIBET SHOULD ALSO BE ADOPTED FOR WORK IN AUTONOMOUS AREAS WE NOTE THAT HISTORICALLY A LARGE PORTION OF QINGHAI CONSTITUTED THE AMDO PROVINCE OF TIBET AN ETHNIC CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior Reviewer PAGE 02 HONG 08782 1009442 TIBETAN AREA WHERE BOTH THE DALAI AND PANCHEN LAMAS WERE BORN IT WOULD SEEM THEREFORE THAT FOR THE TIME BEING LIBERAL POLICIES TOWARD TIBET WOULD ONLY APPLY TO TIBETAN NATIONALITY AREAS THERE IS HOWEVER THE POSSIBILITY THAT LIBERAL POLICIES FORMULATED FOR TIBET WILL LATER BE APPLIED MORE BROADLY TO OTHER NATIONAL MINORITY AUTONOMOUS AREAS AND REGIONS 2 C IN CLARIFICATION OF POLICY GUIDANCE GIVEN TO TIBET REFTEL HONG KONG LEFTIST MEDIA SOURCES ACTIVE IN UNITED UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2010-044OT Doc No 305342517 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342517 Date 05 13 2013 FRONT WORK HAVE TOLD US THAT PARTY LEADERS IN TIBET WILL BE ABLE TO-SET ASIDE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CENTER ALL BUT THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL CENTRAL PARTY DIRECTIVES IF THESE ARE DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE TO LOCAL CONDITIONS ON QUESTIONS INVOLVING FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF PARTY POLICY THE TIBETAN AUTHORITIES WILL BE ABLE TO APPEAL TO THE CENTER TO DELAY OR STOP IMPLEMENTATION IN TIBET 3 C THE DALAI SISTER ALSO A QINGHAI NATIVE WILL SOON BE PASSING THROUGH QINGHAI LEADING A DELEGATION OF TIBETAN EXILES EXTENSIONS OF LIBERAL POLICY GUIDELINES TO THAT AREA DOUBTLESS IS IN PART DESIGNED TO IMPRESS THE EXILES TIBETANS BOTH IN THEIR NATIVE LANDS AND IN EXILE CAN BE EXPECTED TO VIEW THIS INITIATIVE WITH SOME SKEPTICISM ON THE BASIS OF PAST EXPERIENCE NEARLY IDENTICAL GUIDELINES WERE ISSUED IN 1957 IN A SUCCESSFUL BID TO PERSUADE THE DALAI LAMA TO RETURN FROM A VISIT TO INDIA BUT THEN FORGOTTEN DURING THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD THE SAME GUIDELINES WERE PROMULGATED AGAIN IN 1961 TO QUIET DISSATISFACTION WITH LAND REFORM PROGRAMS BUT WERE SOON IGNORED IN THE WAKE OF THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS PRECEDING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION BELLOCCHI CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 HONG 08782 1009442 CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2010-04407 Doc No 005342517 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