Lhasa Neighborhood Committee Number Three records, 1953-1974, bulk 1959-1972

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Series IV, Public documents, bulk, 1960-1974


Subseries IV.1, Notices and leaflets



Box 3 Folder 9 Krung go mi dmangs bcings bkrol dmag Bod dmag khul khang chab srid puʼu, 1960 January, 1960, (8 leaflets)

Series of leaflets issued by the Political Bureau of the Tibet Military District of the Chinese Peoples' Liberation Army. Titles include "Bod ni mes rgyal gyi mngaʼ khongs kha bral du mi rung baʼi cha shas shig yin = [Tibet is an inseparable part of the Motherland]" ; [Urgent notice to participants in the seperatist uprising] ; [Do not be deceived by the counter-revolutionaries] ; [The Liberation Army upholds strict discipline] ; [Do not honor pledges to the counter-revolutionaries] ; [Do not attempt further resistance].

(Translations available.)


Box 3 Folder 10 Mnyam las bde ʼjags lhan khang, 1960 April 11, 1960

Notice from the security office of the Cooperative Street Neighborhood Committee, stating determination to implement the "Three Purities" campaign.

(Translation available.)


Box 3 Folder 11 [Issuing body unidentified]. A-ri btsan ʼdzul la ngo rgol byes nas sems thag gtsang bcad kyis Thaʼi dban bcings ʼgrol btang ste ʼdzam gling zhi bder srung skyob byed dgos = [Oppose U.S Imperialism and resolutely liberate Taiwan for the sake of World Peace],, undated, (2 leaflets)


Subseries IV.2, Speeches (Print or Transcribed)



Box 4 Folder 8 "Gnas tshul la ngos ʼdzin gsal po dang mthun sgril la shugs snon ʼthab ʼrdzing cha bshugs snon bcas byas te dmangs gtsoʼi gsar brje mthar phyin legs sgrub dang spyi tshogs ring lugs kyi sgyur bkod la mthun rkyen skrun ched ʼbad brtson byed rgyu," 1964 October 4, 1964, (81 pages, incomplete); cyclostyle

Speech by Comrade Zhang Guohua.



Box 3 Folder 12 "Sham [gsham] du Maʼo kruʼu zhiʼi gsung gtsom [rtsom] nang gsal gis [gyis]....," 1965 November 9, 1965, (1 sheet)

Proclamation on the necessity of Socialist re-education and serving the people in accord with Mao Zedong thought.


Subseries IV.3, Publications

Booklets and other monographs acquired with the Lhasa Neighborhood Committee Number Three records and cataloged in CLIO to enhance discovery and access. To locate these items, search "Lhasa Neighborhood Committee Number Three" in the CLIO catalog. These materials do not circulate, but can be requested for onsite reading during scheduled hours in the Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library.


Byor med gral rim gi gsar brje mthar phyin pa byed paʼi snying stobs dar spel gtong dgos [= Develop the courage to see the proletarian revolution through to the end: concerning the courage of the broad masses of military and civilians in Nying khri prefecture in defense against forest fires regardless of hardship and even risk of death]. Propaganda section, Political Affairs Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee, 1970 July, 1970, (76 pages)

Tibetan-translation of a communique regarding Linzhi Diqu, by the TAR Government from the Cultural Revolution period.

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Grong gseb mi dmangs kung hreʼi bdag gnyer do dam gi slob sbyong yig cha [= Study documents on the management of the people's communes]. Translated by the Tibet Autonomous Region Agropastoral Bureau, 1974 October 1974, 1974, October 1974, (93 pages)


Krung dbyang mi dmangs srid gzhung gi srid don spyi khyab khang gi grong gseb gi gral rim gi khreng phun dbye ʼbyed byed rgyuʼi skor gi gtan ʼbebs [= Decision of the political directorate of the central peoples' government concerning the distinction of class elements in rural areas, from the 44th session of the political directorate, 1950 August 4]. Reprinted by the Socialist Reform Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee, 1970 November, 1950, 1970, (62 pages)


Krung gung Krung-dbyang gi yig cha: So nam grong tshoʼi spyi tshogs ring lugs kyi slob gsoʼi las ʼgul nang du deng skabs bton paʼi don gnad ʼgaʼ shas (nang khul gyi yig cha) [= Some points emerging from the current Socialist Education campaign in agricultural villages]. Summary of discussions at the National Work Conference called by the CCP Politburo, 1965 January 14, 1965, (24 pages)


Krung hwa mi dmangs spyi mthun rgyal khab dang Hin-du spyi mthun rgyal khab gnyis nas Krung-goʼi Bod sa gnas dang Hin-duʼi bar gyi tshong ʼgrel dang ʼgrim ʼgrul skor gyi gros chod yig cha [= Agreement between PRC and Republic of India on trade and travel between China's Tibet region and India]. (Bilingual edition: Tibetan and Chinese) Beijing: Min zu chu ban she, 1954 (1956 printing), 1954, (71 pages)


Ring sa ta kraʼi la slob sbyong dang nye sa gnyal smad gi rjes zin thub pa byed pa [=Studying the distant example of Dahe and following the nearby example of Gnyal smad Propaganda section]. Bod rang skyong ljongs gsar rjes u yon lhan khang khongs Chab srid las don cuʼu gi dril bsgrags cuʼu [= Political Affairs Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee], volume 1, 1972 December, 1972, (146 pages)