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0462 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
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In the hands of the three monasteries, therefore, lies all
the power at this moment, and their bitter hostility to
foreign influence of any kind is the strongest guarantee we
have that no further philanderings with Russia will be al-
lowed to go on. This, after all, is our chief aim. All other
considerations are of insignificant importance, and we are
willing on our part to co-operate with the Tibetans on our
side of the frontier to keep unauthorised persons from visiting
Tibet, provided, of course, that an equally strict isolation is
enforced on all other frontiers.
We have not made ourselves beloved by the Lamaic hier-
archy, but their grudging respect we have won, and that for
an understanding with an Eastern oligarchy is a better basis
than love.

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