The agents were also there to organize ‘counter-protests’ against the Dalai Lama.
Interestingly, they rigged up the Chinese agents ‘protesting’ the appearance in monk’s robes and stood them right in front of the door as the audience filed in.
The place was packed - standing room only - without a single seat empty. Some came from out of state, others from foreign countries.
The Tibetans adore the Dalai Lama.
There was an interview we heard a couple of days later on the radio with an American woman who was organizing the anti-Dalai Lama, pro-Dorjen protests. When they started pressing her on the fact that her movement was being financed by the Chinese, she at first denied it, then said, “I don’t want to talk about politics.”