He thought that he could then cut across the Tibetan plateau and try to visit Lhasa, which had been closed to foreigners for the last half a century.

The meeting was attended by two American diplomats based in China who were visiting Lhasa.

Neither envoy was able to obtain permission to visit Lhasa or gain access to the Dalai Lama.

Leaving Washington in July, 1942, the party spent 3 months in India arranging permission to visit Lhasa.

The Nam-Tso Restaurant is located inside the hotel and is popular with tourists visiting Lhasa.

The Nam-tso Restaurant is located in the vicinity of the hotel and is frequented especially by Chinese tourists visiting Lhasa.

Tibetans protested this violation of their border to the British mission then visiting Lhasa.

The latest communication with an American consular officer visiting Lhasa occurred on Saturday, she said.

Since the travels of the Englishman, Thomas Manning, in Tibet (1811-1812), no European had visited Lhasa.

Ramstedt was one of the few foreigners who was invited to visit Lhasa, but unfortunately the coming events prevented his visit to Tibet.