OFFICIALS IN TSINGHAI PROVINCE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Officials in Tsinghai Province
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This Document contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18. Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. its transmission or revelation of its contents
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25X1 to The head of the Chinese Comnunist administration of Tsinghai in April 1952
was a Chinese named WANG (F-6)0 He had the title of irushi2?and had held his
position since 19500 WANG'is a member of the Chinese Communist Party (COP)
25X1 He had absolute control over the administration
o the provinces
2e Geahe Sherab Gyamtso3 was honorary governor4 of Tsinghai in April 1952, having
held the post since 1951. Formerly a lama, Gyamtso fled from Lhasa at`the time
of the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, and has lived in Tsinghai since then. then
the Chinese Communists invaded Tsinghai, Gyamtso fled to a mountainous ar West
25X1 of Hsining (N 36-37 " E 101-49) and remained there for about a year e I The
Chinese finally forced him to return to Hsining and accept the position of
governors but he has no power or authority in the conduct of the affairs of the
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3. A second honorary governor4 is MA Khung-wo, a religious leader among the Moslems
in Tsinghai Province. has held his position
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4. The honorary head of'the Chinese Communist army in Tsinghai in April 1952 was
General HUANG Hsi-ling, also known as Apa Alo, who was concurrently vine
governor of Tsinghai0 Before the arrival of the Chinese Co mnunists, HUANG
Hsi-ling and Geshe Sherab Gyamtso were the leading figures in Tainghai.7
5. Khamba Drashi2, secretary to Governor WANG, was an influential figure in the
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Tsi.nghai administration in April 1952, being the official closest to the
Governor, who he accompanied on all his trips. Khamba, a member of the COP
had been appointed to his position in 1961.
6e In April 1952 the son of HUANG Hsi-ling, Angun, was head of a department which
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was responsible for maintaining it census of livestock in Tsinghai. Informa-
tion collected by this department was eventually to be used as a basis for
the distribution of livestock to the people in_Tsinghai.
7. In April 1952 Drashi Nangtso p of T'ungjen (N 35-34, E 101-57) hsien, the
hereditary head of the district and an important leader, had been divested
of his power though he was still ostensibly head of the hsien. The next
ranking official in this district vas-pja Wu Hoiibo10e Both Drashi and Dja
Wu had been forced to cooperate with the Chinese.
8. In March or April 1952 the honbo of Nangrall was forced to flee to the Ammo
Machin Shan (N 35? , E 100- ) because he refused to cooperate with the
Chinese Communists. Until then he had resisted the Communists. He was
accompanied in his flight by about a hundred of his followers and their
families.
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1. Since 1950 the chairman of the Tsinghai provincial government has been
reported as CHAO Shou span.
2. This title given in phonetic form. It is possible that "Drashi" in para-
graph 5 is another rendition of this same title, although it appears in
paragraph 7 as a personal name.
3. Geshe Sherab Gyamtso (Geshi Sherap Gyantso) was reported in August 1950
as a former monk of Drepung Monastery who had become vice president of the
Tibetan Provisional Government at Haining. In January 1950.he was
reported as Hsi- jao-ohia-tso, vice governor of Tsinghaai. There has been
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cooperate with the Chinese Communists.
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]appears to use "honorary governor" in the sense of "vice governor."
5. In 1949 one of the chairmen of the Tsinghai government was reported as
MA Pu, whose death was reported in August 1950. In Maroh'1951 MA Fuoh'en
was reported as a vice governor in Tsinghai.
6. HUANG was reported as a vice governor of Tsinghai.
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given the more acceptable romanization '"nisi-ling. The information which
identifies him with the Tibetan leader Alo, known.to the Chinese as General
HUANG, suggests that Si-ling is a title - Ssu-ling, or "commander." In
1948 it was reported that his district lay in Kansuprovince, but that he
had given horses to MA Pu-fang. In 1949 it was reported that he had made
arrangements to flee from the Chinese Communists and instructed his people
not to cooperate with them.
failure to mention MA Pw-fang seems surprising.
8. This title is given in phonetic form.
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a HUANGWon-yuanin a position very similar to
the one here described;-for Angun gave it different account of the
position and name of the inoumbent's father.
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10. Nangtso is at title, the as honbo,
11. This district lies south of the Yellow River about 150 miles east of
U site (K 36-01, $ 101-38f
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