American Society for a Free Asia organization

“sponsored a U.S. lecture tour with the Dalai Lama's eldest brother, speaking in support of a rebellion just before there was a rebellion. Imagine that. Complementing airdrops was CIA training. Recruits often took a month to negotiate the tr…”

“is ironic given the many failures that peppered the CIA paramilitary record there. Despite their hesitancy, a fair description of the dimensions of the Tibet operation is possible. In 1956, the American Society for a Free Asia, the ostensib…”

“sponsored a U.S. lecture tour by a man, Thubten Norbu. He was an associate of the Dalai Lama's elder brother. Norbu made more visits over the next few years to speak about a rebellion. That February, simultaneous attacks occurred in several…”

“The first airdrop in 1956, south of Bhutan, on a drop zone lit by flares carried out by a plane that flew over Burma in order to reach Tibet. In addition, in 1956, the American Society for Free Asia, which basically is the CIA front, the os…”