To the Southwest Bureau and the Tibet Work Committee: The telegram from the Southwest Bureau of April 7, 11 o'clock, has been received.
We agree with the Southwest Bureau's opinion that the Lhasa disturbance incident be handled directly by the Central Committee.
The Central Committee has also decided that henceforth, all negotiations, talks, and handling of incidents concerning political, military, diplomatic, trade, religious, cultural, and other matters that occur between our side and the Tibetan side shall be centrally resolved by the Central Committee. The Tibet Work Committee shall report directly to the Central Committee, and at the same time inform the Southwest Bureau.
The Southwest Bureau shall present its opinions on these issues to the Central Committee.
Regarding the internal affairs of the Party and the military region in Tibet, including organization, deployment, rectification and training, production, construction, support, and other such items, they shall still be under the charge of the Southwest Bureau and the Southwest Military Region.
The Tibet Work Committee, for all matters involving negotiations with the Tibetan side and diplomatic matters with countries such as India and Nepal, must report and request instructions for each matter before it can be handled.
The recent matter of establishing a primary school in Lhasa without reporting and requesting instructions was incorrect.
Furthermore, it seems there are also some other matters that were not reported and for which instructions were not requested in advance.
The Work Committee is earnestly requested to pay strict attention to this point.
It is imperative to recognize the extreme gravity of the Tibetan nationality issue; it must be handled appropriately and cannot be regarded in the same way as handling ordinary relations.
Central Committee, April 8, 9 p.m. Published based on the manuscript of Mao Zedong.