(en) Elaine Kurtenbach, 1962 report by Tibetan leader tells of mass beatings, starvation, Associated Press, 11 février 1998 : « The report (...) apparently circulated in China's top echelons for decades until a copy was delivered anonymously to the (Tibet Information Network) group ».
(en) Barry Sautman, "Demographic Annihilation" and Tibet, in Contemporary Tibet: politics, development, and society in a disputed region, Barry Sautman, June Teufel Dreyer (eds), M. E. Sharpe, 2006, 360 p., (ISBN0-7656-1354-9) (ISBN9780765613547), p. 242 : « In this respect it is worth noting that the Panchen Lama, upon whose writings the charges of a massive famine among Tibetans mainly rest, is said to have only visited three counties in "Tibet" prior to writing his report in 1962. These were Ping'an, Hualong, and Xunhua, and his comments on the famine pertain to his home county, Xunhua (Becker, 1996b; Panchen Lama 1962, 112-113). All three counties are in Haidong Prefecture, an area whose population is 90 percent non Tibetan and not in cultural Tibet. A former TAR leader, moreover, disputes that the Panchen Lama visited any Tibetan area during the famine (Becker 1998). Becker, Jasper. 1996b. "China's Northern Nomads Face a Bleak Future." South China Morning Post, (Hong Kong), September 28, 18. »
Thubten Samphel, D'SHALA DIARY: Mr N Ram and fellow travellers, 31 juillet 2007 : « Professor Dawa Norbu wrote in his introduction to the book, A Poisoned Arrow: The Secret Report of the 10th Panchen Lama, "No Chinese (with the possible exception of Peng Dehuai), and certainly no other leader of the national minority, had dared to challenge the communist policies so fundamentally within the PRC since its founding in 1949, as did the Panchen Lama in 1962 and 1987. »
(en) China's top Tibetan official criticises Panchen Lama report (TIN), site World Tibet News, 9 avril 1998 : « China's most senior Tibetan official, Ngabo Ngawang Jigme, has responded to the publication by TIN of the 10th Panchen Lama's 70,000 character petition with a strong denial of its accuracy [...] In the interview with Jasper Becker in Beijing, Ngabo Ngawang Jigme claims: "I can tell you for sure that not a single man died of hunger in Tibet. I heard that some people died in Qinghai but I don't know how many." In his reference to Tibet, Ngabo is referring only to the Tibet Autonomous Region. [...] Ngabo's comments on the famine are a criticism of the information in the Panchen Lama's petition, but he does not challenge its authenticity or express any criticism of its publication. »
