Telegram Regarding the Selection of Appropriate Personnel from the Panchen Lama’s Group to Participate in the Work of the Northwest Military and Political Committee (August 3, 1950) Comrade Dehuai [1]: Your telegram of June 29 has been received. It is essential that a proper arrangement be made for the Panchen Lama [2]. For the time being, it is necessary to select suitable personnel from within his entourage to join the work of the Northwest Military and Political Committee. Please identify potential candidates and report them to the Central Committee so that an announcement can be issued at an appropriate moment (do not make this public yet). Jigme [3] may come to Beijing. Mao Zedong August 3 Based on the approved original text. Notes [1] Dehuai refers to Peng Dehuai, who at that time served as First Secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Committee. [2] The Panchen Lama refers to Panchen Erdini Choekyi Gyalpo, one of Tibet’s religious leaders. [3] Jigme refers to Zhendong Jigme, who had previously held the post of Director of the Standing Committee of the Panchen Lama’s Kambu Conference Hall.