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The Archbishop of Canterbury may wish to discuss with the Dalai Lama the fact that Tibet is unique in China in not having a Christian Church (unlike all Chinese Provinces proper).
The Dalai Lama has not visited Tibet
visited Tibet since he fled in 1959. He receives reports from Tibetan refugees in India. By definition these are people who have decided that life in Tibet is unacceptable.
The Prime Minister may wish to mention that two British diplomats accompanied by a Tibetan guide visited Tibet in July and reported that, while there clearly was resentment of the Chinese presence
there, there were по obvious signs of tension on the streets of Lhasa. They commented on the poverty of the rural areas and the importance to Tibetans of their religious beliefs. They were told that there were now 34,000 monks and nuns in Tibet (compared with 100,000 in 1959). (For reasons of
non-recognition of his government in exile we would not wish to pass the Dalai Lama a formal report of this visit).
The Prime Minister could then ask the Dalai Lama for
an account of the reports he receives оп the position of Tibetans both in Tibet and in the neighbouring Chinese provinces. (Parts of these provinces are claimed by the Dalai Lama as forming part of Greater Tibet). He might also invite the
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