Himalayan Times (1961)

Ootober 1, 1961

Himalayan Times

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DHONDUP TO PRESENT TIBET'S CASE IN U. N.

Resistance Forces Active in Many Areas

( From Our Correspondent )
Darjeoling September, 27 :

Mr, Gyalo Dhondup,
elder brother of the Dalai
Lama who leads Tibetan
Delegation to the U. N.
when Tibetan issue comes
up during the next month,
in an interview said that
the Dalai L'an a had al-
ways pleaded for vaoation
of Chinese aggression on
Tibet and his main inten-
tion of appealing conti-
nuously to the U. N. was
due to serious plight of
Tibetans inside ' Tibet
caused by continuous
Chinese aggression which
bad Also resulted in over
seventy thousand Tibetans
seeking asylum in India,
Bhutan, Sikkim and Ne-
pal. These people had sent
many petitions to the
Dalai Lama to refer Ti-
bet's Case before the U N.
Though,, the Dalai Lama
did not expect an- pros-
pect of immediate Chinese
vacation following the
U.N. dismissions on ' ibet
isBue, he felt the U. N.
was the only world orga-
nisation "Which could be
approached for redress by
smaller particularly those
with newly gained inde-
pendence in Asia and
Africa". Mr. Dhondup
however admitted much

progress in the U. N. of
Tibet's case could not be
expeoted due to procedu-
ral complications and pre-
vailing world situation.
He thought it might prove
worth while admitting
Communist China to the
U.N. as this .might ena-
ble implementation of any
resolution concerning Com-
munist China adopted by
the U. N.

Mr. Dhondup was
hopeful that uncommitted
nations would support
Tibet's right of self-deter-,
mination.

Mr. Dhondup said
that the Chinese had fai-
led to indoctrinate 1 jbe-
ta i s over fifte« n years of
age and were now con-
centrating on younger ele-
ments. Chinese atroo ties
towards Tibetans conti-
nued and reports had
come in about resistance
forces being active in
many areas of Tibet.
There was much inherent
opposition by Tibetan mas-
ses against Communism
in Tibet which dominated
every sphere of activities.
Inspite of bumper crops
during 1959-60 there were
reports of many starvation

dfaths from all over Tibet,
with widespread malnutri-
tion. He stated Chinese
bad exported foodgrafns
grown in Tibet to China
in large quantities as also
distributed these among
Chinese armed forces.' Mr.
Dhondup was grateful to
Government of India for
doing its- .best for the
education of Tibetan Re-
fugees which was progres-
sing satisfactory..

Mr; Rinohin Tsadhu-
tsang will also accompany
Mr. Dhund'up.. Mr. Pur-
shotamdas Tricamdas-is
being/ sent on behalf of
the •tTro-Asian Council.

SIKKIM QUESTIONNAIRE
. NEXT MONTH

• Parjeeling, Sept. 29
Thri.Mabarajkumar of
■; Sikkim said here on Mon-
day that the' question-
naire . to determine the
eligibility of Sikkim's sub-
jects tinder the new Sik-
kim Subjects Regulation
promulgated by the Sik-
kim Durbar would be
issued by early October.
These would on return
l)» sorutiniz»d by magis-
trates and doubtful cases
would come up before a
special board constituted
to determine the eligibility
or otherwise of the appli-
cants. Sikkim's draft elec-
toral rolls Would also be
prepared from those aooep
ted as Sikkimese subjects.
The entire work is expec-
ted to be completed this
year.