Re: Kanchenjunga or Kangchenjunga


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Posted by John on June 23, 2006 at 23:07:54 from 165.91.46.72 user Mcneacail.

In Reply to: Re: Kanchenjunga or Kangchenjunga posted by John on June 23, 2006 at 23:04:38:


Col. Weir: is a great Character akin to a real spy.

Brief account of her time in Tibet


by Mrs Joan Mary Jehu

London
13 September 1994

I first went to Tibet in January 1931, to Yatung en route for Bhutan on an official mission with my parents. The following year I went to Lhasa.

My father, Col. Leslie Weir, was first in Tibet in 1909, where he was British Trade Agent in Gyantse for a few years. He met H.H. the 13th Dalai Lama in 1910, in Darjeeling with the Political Officer, Sir Charles Bell.

In 1928 my father returned to Tibet as Political Officer with his wife. They were invited to Lhasa by the Dalai Lama in 1930 (my mother being the first European woman ever to be allowed into Lhasa), to help sort out new problems between the Tibetan Government and the Chinese revolutionary government. Again, in 1932, Col. Weir was asked to go to Lhasa, this time accompanied by my mother and myself.

We were already staying in my father's summer headquarters in Gyantse when the Dalai Lama's personal invitation came for us to proceed to Lhasa. This was a great surprise and a wonderful privilege for me. We were given an amazing welcome, both officially and personally, by all the very good friends my parents had made on their previous visit. I am happy to say I still remain very close to the Taring family whom I met at this time, 62 years ago, as Mary and Jigme both spoke good English and were about my age.




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