Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BEIJING21638
2006-10-12 10:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS
how-toO 121019Z OCT 06 FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9561 INFO CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY COLOMBO AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY LONDON USMISSION GENEVA CIA WASHINGTON DC DIA WASHINGTON DC NSC WASHDC SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 021638
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/12/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF CH
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS
WITH VFM YANG JIECHI
REF: KATHMANDU 2677 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 021638
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/12/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF CH
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS
WITH VFM YANG JIECHI
REF: KATHMANDU 2677 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed to Vice Foreign
Minister Yang Jiechi the United States' deep concern about
reports that Tibetans crossing into Nepal were fired upon on
September 30 by a Chinese border patrol. Reports indicate a
Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan were shot and
killed. VFM Yang said he would look into the matter. End
Summary.
2. (C) The Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Yang
Jiechi on October 12 and expressed the United States' deep
concern about reports (reftel and media reports) that a group
of Tibetans crossing into Nepal via the Nangpa La Pass on
September 30 was fired upon by a Chinese border patrol.
Reports indicate a Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan
were shot and killed. The United States is concerned for the
safety of children and others among the group attacked who
are missing and reportedly were detained by Chinese border
security or military officials.
3. (C) VFM Yang told the Ambassador he will look into the
reported shootings, although such reports are often
speculative, he added. China will continue to maintain
security along its borders. China hopes the United States
will not go further in permitting Tibetans who live in Nepal
to resettle in the United States. Pushing back, the
Ambassador responded to VFM Yang that if the reports are
confirmed, such actions by the China would be reprehensible
and contrary to international standards of behavior and human
rights.
4. (C) Poloff separately raised the United States' concerns
over the reported shootings of Tibetans in an October 11
exchange with MFA Human Rights Officer Xu Jing. British
Embassy Human Rights Officer Lucy Hughes told Poloff she had
conveyed the British Government's concerns over the reported
shootings in an October 12 meeting with MFA Human Rights
Acting Director Li Nan.
Randt
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/12/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF CH
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS
WITH VFM YANG JIECHI
REF: KATHMANDU 2677 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed to Vice Foreign
Minister Yang Jiechi the United States' deep concern about
reports that Tibetans crossing into Nepal were fired upon on
September 30 by a Chinese border patrol. Reports indicate a
Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan were shot and
killed. VFM Yang said he would look into the matter. End
Summary.
2. (C) The Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Yang
Jiechi on October 12 and expressed the United States' deep
concern about reports (reftel and media reports) that a group
of Tibetans crossing into Nepal via the Nangpa La Pass on
September 30 was fired upon by a Chinese border patrol.
Reports indicate a Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan
were shot and killed. The United States is concerned for the
safety of children and others among the group attacked who
are missing and reportedly were detained by Chinese border
security or military officials.
3. (C) VFM Yang told the Ambassador he will look into the
reported shootings, although such reports are often
speculative, he added. China will continue to maintain
security along its borders. China hopes the United States
will not go further in permitting Tibetans who live in Nepal
to resettle in the United States. Pushing back, the
Ambassador responded to VFM Yang that if the reports are
confirmed, such actions by the China would be reprehensible
and contrary to international standards of behavior and human
rights.
4. (C) Poloff separately raised the United States' concerns
over the reported shootings of Tibetans in an October 11
exchange with MFA Human Rights Officer Xu Jing. British
Embassy Human Rights Officer Lucy Hughes told Poloff she had
conveyed the British Government's concerns over the reported
shootings in an October 12 meeting with MFA Human Rights
Acting Director Li Nan.
Randt