382. Editorial Note
At the 415th meeting of the National Security Council on July 30, 1959, Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles discussed developments in Tibet during his briefing on significant world developments. The relevant portion of the memorandum of discussion of that date by Marion W. Boggs reads as follows:
“Mr. Dulles said that with respect to Tibet, Nehru was in a dilemma between widespread sympathy in India for Tibet and the need to conciliate Communist China. Heretofore Nehru had attempted to adopt a neutralist [Page 774] attitude and permit asylum for the Dalai Lama while avoiding political support of the Tibetan independence movement. The Dalai Lama is now modifying his attitude of caution and becoming more active. He is trying to get his case before the United Nations on the grounds of genocide. The U.S. has put out feelers in Buddhist countries about accepting the Dalai Lama, but no country has been receptive, probably because there is reluctance to alienate Communist China and because there are so many different sects of Buddhism. In any case the U.S. is faced with the problem of what to do about the Dalai Lama.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records)