(en) Alexander Berzin, Russian and Japanese Involvement with Pre-Communist Tibet: The Role of the Shambhala Legend, April 2003 : « Especially keen on establishing a close connection with Japan was Tsarong, the head of the Tibetan mint and armory and the Dalai Lama’s favorite. [...] The Dalai Lama demoted Tsarong in 1925 from his position as commander-in-chief of the army and dismissed him from the cabinet in 1930. Thus, the main Tibetan proponent of Japanese alliance was silenced. »
(en) Hisao Kimura et Scott Berry, Japanese Agent in Tibet : My Ten Years of Travel in Disguise, , 232 p. (ISBN978-0-906026-24-3, lire en ligne), p. 196.
