Himalayan Times (1959)

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A NEWS WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY

VOL. XII APRIL 26, 1959. NO. XXXVI

DALAI LAMA ADMITS WRITING LETTERS TO CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN LHASA

PANCHEN LAMA WELCOME TO VISIT INDIA

Mussoorie, April 24

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"I will welcome "the to protect him and for return of the Dalai Lama
anchen Lama to come other purposes and have to Tibet. This as well as
here and meet the Dalai to make certain arrange- other matters should not
Lama & whoever he likes," ments, but that is quite a be subjects of heated ex-
said Mr Nehru at a Press different matter to being change and debate but
conference in Mussoorie to- under duress," should be. considered queitly
day. "He will be treated „The Daia; Lama did with a view to "voiding
ith every courtesy." write letters," said Mr. Neh- the situation getting worse.
Referring to the Pan- ru. TIBETAN REFUGEES IN
chen Lama's recent critical <The Dalai Lama did N.E.F.A. AREA
statement, the Prime Minis- *fi i.u^ f„mrt„. w^rc 01.,,
tPr <?aid« "All I wrmH like write the now-famous letters, Shillong, April 24
ter said. All I would like t th Chinese authonties. ^n , 6 \, ■ „

as reported does not do Q^ writ£ ^ « be,"te™* <h<

justice to Ind,a or China, ,|lem gHe wasg ; Kameng fron ,er dtv.s.on

or the Panchen Lama." hr h higH tfoub|e5 of N.E F.A. for the past

. , & t> j tew days m sizeable num-

In answer perhaps to tunes. ber and are fa . .

recent Press reports which On the one hand, the asylum. They are also

nave been critical of the D&lai Lama was ; tQ bd ;ven medicaI aid

stringent security measures ayoid a break with the and other facffit- tQ ^

which have isolated the ChineSe and h ■ that He them re frQm thg

Dalai Lama and his retinue some settlement would come; hazards of long journeys

to the Point of baying the Qn the other hand he Was through difficult mountai-

ugly word "duress men- ^ & hi distracted state nous terrain.
t.oned in connexion with d J £ei „ed in

his asylum in Mussoorie, different directions " Care 1S taken to

the Prime Minister said: ditterent directions. prevent entries q[ sugpi_

"The idea that he is un- Mr. Nehru expressed cious undesirab'e elements,

der duress is patently not the hope that conditions but hospitality ,\ill be ex-

so. We do have security would be created for the tended to genuine refugees.
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