The Potala Palace. a shrine. and the tomb of successive reincarnations of the Dalai Lama. so well shown in all its glory in the motion picture. has since been desecrated. When on March 10. 1959. captive Tibetans rebelled against the Red Chinese agressors. thousands of Tibetans were massacred or imprisoned. This rebellion culminated in His. Holiness. the Dalai Lamas flight to India with over 80.000 other Tibetan refugees. The people of Tibet have been deprived of their right to selfdetermination. which they enjoyed prior to Chinas invasion of Tibet in 1950. When the history of imperialism is considered. this subjugation by the Red Chinese of the free. defenseless. religious. and nonwarlike Tibetan people will lead in the role of infamy.
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