Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining
characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades,
symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama. But the
story of Tibetan resistance weaves a far richer tapestry than
anyone might have imagined.
Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison reveal how America's Central
Intelligence Agency encouraged Tibet's revolt against China-and
eventually came to control its fledgling resistance movement. While
the CIA's presence in Tibet has been alluded to in other works, the
authors provide the first comprehensive, as well as most compelling
account of this little known agency enterprise.
The CIA's Secret War in Tibet takes readers from training camps
in the Colorado Rockies to the scene of clandestine operations in
the Himalayas, chronicling the agency's help in securing the Dalai
Lama's safe passage to India and subsequent initiation of one of
the most remote covert campaigns of the Cold War. Establishing a
rebel army in the northern Nepali kingdom of Mustang and a
para-commando force in India designed to operate behind Chinese
lines, Conboy and Morrison provide previously unreported details
about secret missions undertaken in extraordinarily harsh
conditions. Their book greatly expands on previous memoirs by CIA
officials by putting virtually every major agency participant on
record with details of clandestine operations. It also calls as
witnesses the people who managed and fought in the
program-including Tibetan and Nepalese agents, Indian intelligence
officers, and even mission aircrews.
Conboy and Morrison take pains to tell the story from all
perspectives, particularly that of the former Tibetan guerrillas,
many of whom have gone on record here for the first time. The
authors also tell how Tibet led America and India to become secret
partners over the course of several presidential administrations
and cite dozens of Indian and Tibetan intelligence documents
directly related to these covert operations. Ultimately, they are
persuasive that the Himalayan operations were far more successful
as a proving ground for CIA agents who were later reassigned to
southeast Asia than as a staging ground for armed rebellion.
As the movement for Tibetan liberation continues to attract
international support, Tibet's status remains a contentious issue
in both Washington and Beijing. This book takes readers inside a
covert war fought with Tibetan blood and U. S. sponsorship and
allows us to better understand the true nature of that
controversy.
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