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Two rare and historically significant letters from 1947, bearing the seals of the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Regent, have been formally handed over to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Tibet’s government-in-exile, in a landmark act of goodwill by the family of the late Sir Basil Gould, former British Political Officer to Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet.
The ceremonial handover took place at the Office of Tibet in London on 23 June 2025. The documents – originally scheduled for auction at Bonhams earlier this month – were instead personally delivered by Sir Basil Gould’s granddaughters, Frances Cutler and Lorraine Bondarenko, to Sikyong Penpa Tsering, President of the CTA.
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