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MEA INFLUENCE CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN AN EDITORIAL IN THE HINDUSTAN TIMES ON 7 OCTOBER (''AN INTERNAL AFFAIR'', WHICH NOTED : ''MANY IN INDIA WILL SEE IN THE LHASA INCIDENTS THE TRAMPLING OF THE TIBETANS HUMAN RIGHTS. WHILE IT IS NATURAL AND UNEXCEPTIONABLE
TO SYMPATHISE WITH FELLOW HUMANS WHO FEEL AGGRIEVED ABOUT THE VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS, THERE IS NEED TO BE DISCREET ABOUT REACTIONS IN THESE MATTERS. THE TIBETANS' DEMANDS ARE AN INTERNAL
AFFAIR OF CHINA, AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO AFFECT SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS'' OTHER EDITORIAL COMMENT HAS BEEN LESS RESTRAINED AND MORE SYMPATHETIC TO TIBETAN ASPIRATIONS (COPIES BY BAG).
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4. WIDE PRESS COVERAGE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO TIBETAN DEMONSTRATIONS, HELD IN DELHI ON 29 SEPTEMBER BY THE DA LA I LAMA'S OFFICE. WHILE
THE POLICE KEPT DEMONSTRATORS AWAY FROM THE CHINESE EMBASSY, THEY DID NOT PREVENT CEREMONIAL BURNING OF CHINESE FLAGS. MOST PAPERS
TODAY (8 OCTOBER) GAVE HEADLINE TREATMENT TO THE DALAI LAMA'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN DHARAMSALA ON 7 OCTOBER, IN WHICH HE REITERATED HIS FIVE POINT PLAN (PARA 4 OF WASHINGTON TELNO 2116), AND CALLED
FOR NON-VIOLENT AGITATION IN TIBET. THE DALAI LAMA SAID THAT VIOLENCE WOULD BE SUICIDAL, AND WAS NO SOLUTION, BUT TIBETANS HAD EVERY
RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS.
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5. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS SOME REFUGEES STARTED TO COME ACROSS FROM WESTERN TIBET INTO LADAKH, BUT INDIAN FORCES ARE SAID TO HAVE ''SEALED'' THE BORDER.
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