Why did the CIA help the 14th Dalai Lama escape Tibet in 1959?

In free countries, people can leave any time they want. The fact that a person has difficulty leaving proves that they are held by force. Like a prisoner. As Confucius said, people would rather live with tigers than dangerous leaders. read more

The present Dalai Lama is a know renegade monk, thirsty of money and power, an anti-Asia, anti-Buddhist unity, pro-CIA, pro-Vatican missionary agent wanting to restore his feudal tyranny in Tibet with the support of the West. read more

China’s official version of the Dalai Lama’s 1959 escape sees him as forced to flee due to a failed attempt on his part “to maintain the serfdom in the region, under which the majority of Tibetans were slaves leading a life of unimaginable misery,” per TIME. read more

Dalai Lama's Escape from Tibet and the CIA's Role A new book gives the fullest account yet of the Dalai Lama’s 1959 escape from Tibet and the CIA’s role. Author Stephan Talty says in the process the Tibetan leader lost a country but gained an international movement—and surprisingly a belief in Buddhism. read more