(en) Sanderson Beck, Tibet, Nepal, and Ceylon 1800-1950 : « The Tibetan army attacked the Che College again on April 27 and took it over, killing about two hundred monks while 15 soldiers died ».
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(en) Melvyn C. Goldstein, A History of Modern Tibet, Vol. 1, The Demise of the Lamaist State: 1913-1951, University of California Press, 1989, p. 188 : « The young and inexperienced Reting […] was also seriously considered [as a candidate for the regency] because of the unusual interest the Dalai Lama had taken in him when he visited Reting monastery in 1933. At that time he gave the young Reting his own divination manuscript and dice, supposedly telling him, ‘I have been using these and they have proved good and if you use them it will prove useful for you, too’. Reting’s supporters argued that this was a sign that the late Dalai Lama wanted him to become regent. »
(en) Hisao Kimura, Japanese agent in Tibet: my ten years of travel in disguise, p. 202 : « One of these, with whom I was to share a few cups, was a jailor who told me a horrifying story of the death of Reting Rimpoché: that his testicles were bound and beaten until he died of pain. »
(en) anonymous, Did Tibet Become an Independent Country after the Revolution of 1911?, china.com.cn : « After the discovery of the thirteenth Dalai Lama's reincarnate soul boy, the Tibetan regent Rating Hutuktu sent a telegram to the Central Government on December 12, 1938, saying that "on the occasion of lot-drawing from the gold urn ceremony when the three soul boys arrive at Lhasa, the Central Government should send representatives to participate in the ceremony" [...]. [...]. The Nationalist Government issued an order on December 28, 1938, saying that "The Chairman of the Commission for Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Wu Zhongxin would be sent to preside over the fourteenth Dalai Lama's reincarnation together with Rating Hutuktu." Wu Zhongxin and his party arrived at Lhasa on January 15, 1940 [...]. On January 26, 1940, Rating applied for approval about the exemption of lot-drawing from the gold urn to the Dalai Lama's reincarnate soul boy Lhamo Dondup. Wu Zhongxin transmitted the application to the Central Government for approval. [...] On February 5, the Nationalist Government of China issued an order, saying that "Lhamo Dondup [...] is the reincarnate of the thirteenth Dalai Lama and should promptly be exempted from lot-drawing, thereby ratified to succeed as the fourteenth Dalai Lama." And the Central Government appropriated 400,000 yuan as the expenses for the enthronement ceremony. »
Wang Jiawei et Nyima Gyaincain, (10) Dagzha Comes to Power and the Razheng Event, in The Historical Status of China's Tibet : « When Dagzha, old and selfish, came to power, he threw himself into the lap of the British. All the officials close to Razheng in various positions were removed. He appointed pro-British Soikang Wangqen Geleg as a Galoon official and Xagabba Wangqug Dedain as Zeboin official. He also placed many pro-British people to official posts. As a result, the local government of Tibet was almost totally controlled by pro-British elements. Under the instigation of the British, the Gaxag government of Tibet set up the "foreign affairs bureau" in July 1942, and informed the Tibet Office of the Commission for Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs to contact the bureau from then on. This constituted a serious step towards treating China as a foreign country. The Nationalist Government rejected this right away [...] The Living Buddha Razheng, seeing the pro-British forces grow in strength in Tibet, felt upset and worried about the future. He went from his resident monastery of Razheng in 1944 to the Sera Monastery in Lhasa, where he raised the possibility of becoming the Prince Regent again. But Dagzha refused to talk about a handover of power, and Razheng returned in anger. ».
(en) Melvyn C. Goldstein, A History of Modern Tibet, vol. 2, The Calm Before the Storm: 1951-1955, University of California Press, 2009, p. 7 : « The Dalai Lama's death required the appointment of a regent to oversee the selection of the new Dalai Lama and rule in his minority. Since the late eighteenth century, this had been an incarnate lama, but in 1933 there was some sentiment favoring the appointment of Langdün, a lay aristocrat, to perform this function. »
(en) Melvyn C. Goldstein, Gelek Rimpoche, Lobsang Phuntshog, Essentials of modern literary Tibetan: a reading course and reference grammar, University of California Press, 1991, (ISBN0520076222 et 9780520076228), p. 382 : « After they worked jointly for about 5 years, Reting and Langdün had differences when they were conferring back and forth about government and individual matters. [...] The Assembly said a number of things, such as that because Reting and Langdün do not have harmonious relations, if this makes makes difficulties and problems for finding the Dalai Lama it is not acceptable to have joint responsibility. (Consequently), Langdün Kunga Wangchuck withdrew from power. (He) received the position of ex-Prime Minister and was given salary as before. »
(en) Alex McKay, The Establishment of the British Trade Agencies in Tibet: A Survey, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1992), Third Series, 2, p. 399-421 : « After 1936 a mission was stationed in Lhasa. The last British official in Lhasa, Hugh Richardson, departed in 1950 following the Chinese invasion of Tibet ».
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(en) Anna Louise Strong, When Serfs Stood Up in Tibet, New World Press, Beijing, 1960, chap. VIII Lhalu's Serfs Accuse : « Recent accusations made before a mass meeting of ten thousand people in Lhasa had implicated him in the murder of Rabchen, the Dalai Lama's first regent, and of the progressive Living Buddha Geda, both of whom opposed secession and had been killed for this not long before the liberation. Evidence of Lhalu's participation had been filed with the courts and would be considered later ».
(en) Reting Rinpoche, The Tibet Album, Pitt Rivers Museum : « on the charge (which appears to be well grounded) of conspiring to overturn the existing Government and to seize power for himself. »
(en) Michael Buckley, A Railway Runs Through It, sur le site Perceptive Travel : « Even motor vehicles were rare in pre-1950 Tibet. Wheeled vehicles like motorcycles were effectively banned in the 1940s because the ruling regent and conservative clergy believed that wheels would scar the sacred surface of the earth ».
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(en) The Fifth Reting Hutuktu Thubden Jampal Yeshe Tenpai Gyaltsen (1912-1947), sur le site HH RETING HUTUKTU : « Already when he was at a very young age, Gyalwa Thudben Gyatso [...] [i.e. the 13th Dalai Lama] had ascertained and resolved that he was the Tulku of the previous incarnation Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenpai Gyaltsen [...] and installed him on the throne of his seat. »
(en) Outline of the history of Tibet, site sleepinbuff.com : « 1941 (Feb) The regent, the Reting (Radreng) Rimpoche, resigns due to pressure brought to bear because of his harsh treatment of elderly conservative Khyungram Theji who was critical of the regent's rapacity. He is succeeded by ultra-conservative Lama the Taktra Rimpoche. »
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(en) Xiong Ji, Radreng the regent, in Tibet Studies 199001, China Tibet Information Centre, 2005-07-04.
(en) Xiong Ji, Radreng the regent, Tibet Studies 199001, mis en ligne le 2005-07-04, publié par China Tibet Information Centre : « Radreng reduced or remitted taxes and took measures to meet some economic needs of the Tibetan nobles. With his correct policy and good weather, the agricultural and pastoral production enjoyed great prosperity, commodity prices were low and stable, and the Tibetan society and frontiers enjoyed peace to the satisfaction of all concerned, clerical or lay, in Tibet. Accordingly, Radreng enjoyed high reputation. »
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(en) Attractions of the Potala, site TibetTravel.info : « the stupa is comparable with the Great Fifth's stupa. It is 14 meters (46 feet) in height, which is only 0.86 metres lower than the Fifth Dalai Lama’s. Made of a large amount of silver, covered with about 600 kilograms of gold and studded with lots of coral, amber, agate, diamond and other precious jewelries. »
(en) Heather Spence, British Policy and the 'development' of Tibet 1912-1933, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Department of History and Politics, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollingong [Australia], 1993, x + 362 p. : « He remained in Lhasa, the first white representative to function in the capital, from 1936-1940 and again from 1946, having held a number of offices in the intervening years. (...) He returned to Lhasa after the end of the war as British representative [...]. »
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(en) The Activities of Dr Ernst Schaefer, United States Forces - European Theater, Military Intelligence Service Center, APO 757 Final Interrogation Report (OI-FIR) No. 32, Feb. 12, 1946: « When Schaefer left Lhasa the Tibetan ruler gave him a letter to Hitler and one to Himmler. He does not recall the exact contents of these letters, but states that they were purely complimentary notes. He also received a present for Hitler consisting of a Lhama dress and a hunting dog ».
