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(October 22, 1950)
Tibet is an internal affair of China, in which no foreign country has any right to interfere. Answer them briefly.
Mao Zedong
October 22
Chuan

This is a comment by Mao Zedong on the record of a conversation between Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Hanfu and Indian Ambassador to China K. M. Panikkar regarding the Tibet question. On October 21, 1950, Indian Ambassador to China Panikkar delivered a memorandum from the Indian government on the Tibet question to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Hanfu, and the two sides held talks. In the conversation, Panikkar reiterated the views in the memorandum, saying that at a time when China might be admitted to the United Nations and when there would be no forceful resistance in Tibet, it was not worthwhile for China to take military action in Tibet. Zhang Hanfu pointed out that China's participation in the United Nations and China's liberation of Tibet were two separate questions. Tibet must be liberated. We hope the liberation of Tibet can be achieved through peaceful means; therefore, when the delegation of the local government of Tibet arrived in India, we immediately hoped they would come to Beijing to hold negotiations with the Central People's Government. We wanted them to arrive in Beijing before September 20, but despite repeated urging, they have still not come to Beijing to this day. Now, we still hope the Tibetan delegation will come to Beijing quickly. Whoever obstructs the liberation of Tibet and opposes peace must bear the responsibility.