Word: shakabpa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nehru even encouraged negotiations between the Tibetans and the Red masters of China. Last April a seven-man delegation, headed by Finance Minister Tsepon Shakabpa, made the arduous trip to New Delhi from Lhasa, the remote, lamasery-studded capital of Tibet. They waited five months for the arrival of General Yuan Chung-hsien, the new Chinese Communist Ambassador to India. When he arrived, the Red envoy suggested the Tibetans go on to Peking. It was so arranged. The delegation, like Nehru, had its dreams; Tibetan Minister Shakabpa scornfully brushed off talk of an impending attack on his country...
...Extraordinary." Shakabpa & Co. were about to fly to Peking, when the invasion reports reached them. Shaken by the announcement, they delayed their flight until Lhasa sent them fresh orders...
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