Wangdu Gyatotsang
Wangdu Gyatotsang (* around 1920 in Litang , Sichuan Province , Republic of China (1912–1949) ; † 1974) was a member of the East Tibetan guerrilla organization Chushi Gangdrug , founded by Gonpo Tashi Andrugtsang , which set itself the goal of preventing Tibetan Buddhist culture from being destroyed to preserve. Gyatotsang was trained by the CIA in the mid-1950s . He was sent to Mustang, Nepal, to succeed Baba Gen Yeshe, the commander of the Tibetan guerrillas. Gyatotsang died in 1974 after being ambushed by the Nepalese army and killed by them.
swell
- Wayne Madsen: Kathmandu, center of US espionage in South Asia. October 17, 2008, accessed November 20, 2010 .
- THE CIA'S SECRET WAR IN TIBET - THE PRODIGAL SON. Retrieved November 20, 2010 .
literature
- John Kenneth Knaus: Orphans of the Cold War. America and the Tibetan struggle for survival. PublicAffairs, 2000, page 293ff.
- Kenneth J. Conboy, James Morrison: The CIA's secret was in Tibet. University Press of Kansas, 2002, p. 40
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| SURNAME | Gyatotsang, Wangdu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the East Tibetan guerrilla organization Chushi Gangdrug |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Litang , Eastern Tibet |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1974 |