ARMS, EQUIPMENT, AND MORALE OF THE TIBETAN ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200440008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. ^
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY India/.`_'ibet
Tibet at this time has about 100 ten-pounder mountain guns.** Discipline
in the Tibetan army is very bade
SUBJECT Arms, Equj.pment, and Morale of the Tibetan NO. OF PAGES I
Army
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India, however, being fearful of possible reactions from the Chinese
Peoples' Republic, will probably not greatly increase arms shipments to
Tibet.*
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1. The United Kingdom is continually prodding India to send arms to Tibet.
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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