U.S. Plot at the U.N.

U.S. imperialism and reactionaries in its satellite countries have brought forward a proposal on the so-called Tibet question in the United Nations, alleging that the Tibetan people now have no fundamental human rights, no civil liberties and freedom of religion, and that the Chinese Communist Party has ruthlessly suppressed them, aiming to wipe out the Tibetan nationality. This is an out-and-out fabrication. In the past, the Tibetan people, under the rule of a handful of reactionaries, indeed had neither fundamental human rights nor civil liberties. Religion was defiled by feudal serfdom and the Tibetan people had no real freedom of religious belief. The Tibetan nationality there was actually faced with the danger of extinction. But at that time, none of these gentlemen uttered a single word on behalf of the Tibetan people. Now when the Tibetan people, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and the Central People's Government, has risen to suppress the rebellion and carry out democratic reform and actually enjoy fundamental human rights, civil liberties and freedom of religion, advancing along the path of prosperity and happiness, these gentlemen make their appearance and oppose and viciously slander the heroic struggle of the Tibetan people. What is in their minds is obvious! Their behaviour only serves to unmask before the world their ugly plot of deliberately creating international tension, their enmity towards our country, hatred for the Tibetan people and their vain attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of our country.

I want to warn these gentlemen that the Tibetan people and the people of the other nationalities of China resolutely oppose your despicable actions. The United Nations has absolutely no right to interfere in the internal affairs of our country. It is a disgrace to the United Nations itself that U.S. imperialism and its satellite countries make use of the rostrum of the United Nations to violate the U.N. Charter, continue the "cold war" and obstruct the relaxation of international tension. The Tibetan people will absolutely not alter the direction of their advance because of the clamour of the imperialists. Countless facts have shown that what the imperialists malign us for are precisely the things we should do and have done right. We must, under the leadership of the Central People's Government, completely destroy feudal serfdom, which is cruel, savage, reactionary and backward, and continue to weed out the remnant rebels who carry on their activities clandestinely. Only by doing so will the Tibetan people be able to have genuine fundamental human rights, genuine civil liberties and freedom of religion. Only by so doing can the Tibetan nationality advance and prosper.

The Sino-Indian Boundary Question

Here I want to say something about the Sino-Indian boundary question. On this question I entirely support Premier Chou En-lai's letter to Prime Minister Nehru dated September 8, Premier Chou En-lai's report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on September 12 and the resolution of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Sino-Indian boundary question. The Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region and the people of all walks of life in Tibet entirely support the just, reasonable and friendly standpoint and attitude adopted by our government with regard to this question.

During its rule in India, Britain for a long time carried out wanton aggression against our country's Tibet. The so-called McMahon line was the direct product of the policy of aggression pursued by Britain against our country's Tibet. It has never been recognized by the Government of China and has all along been firmly opposed by the people of all nationalities, including the Tibetan people, in China. Therefore it is entirely illegal. The two countries - China and India -have not only been victims of imperialist aggression for a long time, sharing the same fate, but have maintained friendly relations from generation to generation. The reasonable and friendly policy advanced by our government for solving the Sino-Indian boundary question should have met with the welcome and understanding of the Indian Government. But it is regrettable that the Indian Government ignores the reasonable position and friendly attitude of the Chinese Government, attempts to impose on China India's one-sided position on the Sino-Indian boundary question and has even sent its troops to cross the illegal McMahon line and the traditional border on the western section of the Sino-Indian boundary line, encroaching on territories which belong to China. This cannot but distress us.

China and India are the initiators of the five principles of peaceful coexistence. We highly value the friendship between China and India. At the same time, we also hope that India will attach importance to Sino-Indian friendship, immediately withdraw Indian troops from the places which they have invaded, stop all anti-Chinese activities and achieve a fair and reasonable solution of the question of the boundary between the two countries through peaceful negotiations on the basis of the five principles and the wish to maintain the friendship between the peoples of the two countries.

The work in the Tibet region has indeed made very great progress in the past few months, under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao Tse-tung. But this is only the beginning, a great deal of work still awaits accomplishment. We must continue to follow the instructions of the Central Committee of the Party and Chairman Mao Tse-tung, unite all the people, ecclesiastical and secular, in Tibet, carry through the revolution in Tibet which has already begun and strive for Tibet's progress and development.

The preparatory work for the Tibet Autonomous Region should be speeded up. Now the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region has adopted a plan for the readjustment of administrative areas in Tibet. County administrative organs are being set up one by one in accordance with this plan. At the same time, great numbers of Tibetan cadres are being brought forth in the course of the democratic reform movement. This hastens the maturing of conditions for the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region. I am confident that under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao Tse-tung and with the vigorous assistance of all the fraternal nationalities, especially the Han people, the economic and cultural undertakings of the Tibetan people will certainly grow by leaps and bounds. The task of building a prosperous, happy and socialist new Tibet will certainly be triumphantly accomplished.

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(This article appears on page 6, No. 42, 1959)