CONDITIONS IN TIBET

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800890009-0
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 14, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE DISTR. 14 September 194 3
SUBJECT
Conditions in Tibet
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The present population of Tibet is about 2,000,000. Of these 2,000,000, only
about tern percent
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are pro-
merican and thjitf
e maory o these are from the
a istoca attics wealthy and rel.igiot:cs classes,. the other ninety percent are
.friends or potential friends of the Mongolian People?s3 Republic (M R) and hope
for Soviet aid for the liberation and independence'
ndependence of Tibet,
The ruler of Tibet is the young 14th Dalai Lamn, who was born in Chingi:.ai Province
and shows pro-Chinese tendencies, However,. the Tibetan Gava:rnment le no longer
subject to the wishes of the ruler, Conditions in Tibet are no longer as they
W r riy when the Dalai Lan.ri held absolute di
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oria? power in Tibet
25X1A C mm at_. The foll.owini: are various published articles of interest
regarding the political situation In T3,bet " ngland; China and Tibet A Study
of Their Relations", a series of three articles appearing' in the 5, 12 and 19
June issues of the C~xia a, ~ ee ly 3'.evie w whicia. per. e written by LIU Shen-chi, who
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?.ived in Tibet form y years an(for a time served as the Secretary of the
Mongolian-Tibetan Affairs Commisrsion, stationed at Lhasa,
"ll-Year.O1d Spiritual Ruler of 'T'ibet.Awai.ts Conclusion of Exile"., an article in
the 15 Apri]. 1948 issue of the C},Lna l'.r. 4 Shanghai.
'a'!'ibetaan Panshan itasapu Council Ireiu ,arn,ged in Silingt'u, Chinghai Province,"
an article In the Shanghai Engl Tel;"-language Sin '
The Nanking Ho P
ffg P 1 o of 3 January 1943 reported that t'A.ccordinr- to the
Mongolian-Tibetan Affairs Comraisel.on. the''e is no newspaper in Tibet and the
25X1 X Government has the Idea of establ .1shing there a newspaper in the Tibetan language
to keep the Tibetans informed of current events 01)
3 In Lhasa there is a Chinese Government Office. The T betens are generally
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f th
p
uous o
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hinese andit
C oen carry out open anti.-Chinese demonotrations
in, front Of this Officer However, there have been no recent anti-British
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C4 P,4 , See "Poorer Plant for Lhasa. To an By 5:...s; M?T ? R~ -11 #1
cooperation between Tibet and the USSR. Lamas from North Sinkiang Province (above
440), which area is under vlrtuaal M1'R and. USSR control, frequently travel to the
Numbum Terrmle (101-40, 36-20) in Ch ngha.i Province and then go to Tibet,
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ga
e th
e possibilities :f having Britain supply equipment nor
electricity to replace the traditional rush lights of Lhasa homes,")
4,. At the present time the MIS Governs. Ent is trying hard to bring about close
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article discusses the activities W l' a Mr. Fox, "British electrical engineers
formerly a member of the British Pti~li_t1c+aal Mission who was asked by the Dalai. Lama
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sn ide in the 14 April 1948 issue of the, Chinas Datl ibT
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Comm n x The following articli~ appeared in the 14 March
of tnaN Tort Chinn DailY_I e Shanghai 3rglish-lan ;uagre daily:
to influence other priests with
LI yu__J, who has returned to Ho
Professor LI sa:id, however, tha
yet,. After discussing China's
power could penetrate Tibet and
aged Regent Ta Tsa would be ilk
intrigue, Professor Li added..
the most corrupt and decadent
The following appeared in the 1
"With a view to treventing 3&1i
o-Comrrtuz_t3t propaganda, accord
kung after three and a, half ye
Coma fRC5 Tnot have any pra.c
sociation with Tibet, he added
o anything it wished.' The dea
y to cause a r evurgence of cii.
described the government of th
the found in the world todayb."
June 1948 issue of the Shanghai
s 4 from snsakii into Tibet and
aseasea.uation ac,:ivities, the t
issuance of visas to ,aiieno me
enforcement of this measure is
King of Tibet would possibly be
The following appeared in the 2
"The Regular Army belonging to
11 regiments and a total of so
Tibetan R.txthori gips have not? do
troops to 30,400 strong. it is
others have been, assigned to ta'
the Superintendent of the Tibet
summoned the Tat-:pen (red; imenta
of the Chineha River, and the K
Sinkong, to proceed to 0hangtu
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etan Gorcrnuient authorities hav
hants as of 'ay 1948? The ream
at the Dalai Lama in Tibet prop
:December 1947 iosuc of the Shan
e Provincial Government of Tibet
10,000 risen? rr? vi.ew of the futu
ded to 'expand the Army, increasi
earned;. that Cha Yunj,a, a lord-:Brit
czAf r of this tas;,c, i t is fur
Gov; rxw en In Chang to (Cbando)
,
cornmendor) of the S i ong region _
pu (abbot) of the Ta Ching Mona
at tend, an important conference,
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COfF IDENT TAI,
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"Laa,s.~s traiw ci
aeeries trying
to Professor
s in Tibet.
cal control as
t Oa third
of the present
rivalry and.
ountry as
Al "
ngeging in
suspended the
for the
siod that the
ye years."
i T~ 3~t~; Pair
consists of onl.
e ne3ds, the
the regular
sh lead.er~ and
et leaned tha`,
arock, receni,1
he area west
in Kantze"
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