ORGANIZATION OF TIBETAN MILITARY FORCE UNDER THE PANCHEN LAMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200740001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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OLASSIFICATIO ~ RET/CONTFiOL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY 25X1A
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. ^
INFORMATION REPORT co NO.
COUNTRY China/Tibet
SUBJECT Organization of Tibetan kilitary
Force, under the Panchen Lama
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DATE OF 25X1A
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DATE DISTR. 9 Nov. 1950
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Under Chinese Communist direction, the Panchen Lama has organized the Self
Defense Corps of the Rear (sic)* Tibet People's Government. The corps
consists of 300 personal guards for the Panchen Lama and 700 men of
Pangto-to-chi's militia.** The commander is CBI P'u-mei ( )***,
andPang-ta-to-chi is deputy commander.
2. The corps has been seeking instructions and financial aid from the Chinese
Communist government in eiping. Once an agreement had been reached with
the Chinese Communists, the Panchen Lama planned to leave for Tibet by way
of a northern route through Sikang Province.
3. The Chinese Communists appointed about thirty political wor..ers and twenty
students from the Longolian ana Tibetan .affairs School, Peiping, and the
School of Frontier Affairs to participate in the .bear Tibet reople?s
Government.
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Comment. The Chinese Communists have been referring to the
Tibetan Peoples Government since in January 1950. No characters were
received for the name used here, but it is possible that the first was
hou (4 ) , used in the sense of to come", ana that a better rendition
2 e' d be Provisional Peop .+sAGover p~ of Tibet,
Comment. See- Gomn' '~t , s =ggesting
that Yang-ta-to-chi may be Topgyal Pangdatshang. reported
that the Communists under the Panchen Lama claimed him as a puppet.
Press reports of rumors in ai.alimpong have indicated that a Tibetan
force under the ranohen lama were with elements of the 2 Field Army
2R~ding Tibet.
Comment. This is probably Jigmet Drokwa, also known as
Cf.I Ching-mei, who has long been manager of the Panchen Lama's affairs.
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