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EAST ASIA BRIEF OCPAS EA 89-054 FOR 08 MARCH 1989
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0005760209
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Document Creation Date:
June 24, 2015
Document Release Date:
December 14, 2011
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Case Number:
F-2011-00283
Publication Date:
March 8, 1989
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APPROVED FOR RELEASED
DATE: 11-29-2011
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TOT: 080615Z MAR 89 DIRECTOR 531983
SUBJECT: EAST ASIA BRIEF OCPAS EA 89-054 FOR 08 MARCH 1989
FROM: DDI/O/CPAS.
ITEMS
MARTIAL LAW, IMPOSED IN LHASA YESTERDAY, MAY QUELL PROTESTS
THROUGH THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1959 TIBETAN UPRISING THIS
FRIDAY. ALL MEETINGS, PARADES, AND PETITIONS ARE BANNED; ALL
VEHICLES SUBJECT TO SECURITY CHECKS, AND FOREIGNERS MUST HAVE
SPECIAL PERMISSION TO REMAIN IN THE CITY. A BEIJING-CONTROLLED HONG
KONG NEWSPAPER CLAIMS THE PROTESTS HAVE FOREIGN SUPPORT AND
CRITICIZES FOREIGNERS, "INCLUDING A SMALL NUMBER OF AMERICAN
PnI:TIrieuc_J' FOR SUPPORTING CALLS FOR TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE.
COMMENT: BEIJING'S TOUGH RESPONSE AND INDIRECT CRITICISM OF THE
US CONGRESS SUGGEST IT WILL USE WHATEVER FORCE IS NECESSARY TO
SUPPRESS THE UNREST REGARDLESS OF INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM. CHINA
NONETHELESS REMAINS AT A LOSS ON HOW TO DEFUSE UNDERLYING ETHNIC
TENSIONS. UNWILLING TO NEGOTIATE SOME FORM OF TIBETAN AUTONOMY WITH
THE DALAI LAMA, CHINESE LEADERS MAY HOPE TOUGHER MEASURES WILL BUY
TIME FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT POLICIES TO WEAKEN INDEPENDENCE SENTIMENT
GRADUALLY. THIS STRATEGY IS LIKELY TO FAIL, HOWEVER, AND UNREST IS
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TOT: 080615Z MAR 89 DIRECTOR 531983
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ALMOST CERTAIN TO RECUR OVER THE LONGER TERM.
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