Tibetan Rebels Filing Out Of Palace
by Bettmann
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Tibetan Rebels Filing Out Of Palace
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) The above photo, showing Tibetan rebels filing out of the Potala Palace here (background) to surrender, was released from a Chinese Communist source with the following caption: In mid-March, the former Tibet local government and the upper strata reactionary clique carried out a rebellion in Lhasa. On March 20th, units of the People's Liberation Army stationed in Lhasa were ordered to take a punitive action against the clique of traitors. After two days of fighting, The People's Liberation Army completely crushed the rebellion in the city of Lhasa. On May 9th, Tibetan refugees in India reported that Chinese Communist troops ringing the Tibetan border have machine-gunned to death large numbers of anti-communist Tibetans trying to flee to safety in India. Refugee statements to the Indian reception authorities in the rugged Northeast frontier agency of India in Ass
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May 12th, 2020
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