BEIJING, Dec 20 (AFP) - China has established an "administrative commission" in a Tibetan monastery as a new step in implementing iron rule over the troubled region, according to reports.

Following five months of "reeducation", monks at the Drepung monastary have learnt that Tibet has always been part of China, that their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is a splittist and that they must always obey the Chinese government, the official Tibet Daily said in its December 12 edition.

The monks "now know how to respect history and how to criticise and attack the splitists and their reactionary words and view points with objective facts. They also criticise the splitism of Dalai Lama," the newspaper said.

It said the Drepung permanent administrative commission was inaugurated on December 11 to run the monastery, including its finances, and ensure that the monks remain loyal to Beijing.

From now on, the monks "must have a firm and clear stand in the anti-splittist struggle and resolutely resist the political infiltration of hostile forces abroad," it quoted the head of the commission as saying.

"You must serve the political stability of Tibet, guarantee the smooth implementation of party and government political order and instructions and fulfill all tasks given by the people's government," he added.

The London-based Tibet Information Network reported at the end of November that at least four monks from Drepung were in detention, with one given three years in jail for disputing Chinese statements that Tibet has been part of China since the 13th century.

The Chinese commission also put in telephone lines to the monastery, plus a clinic and a broadcasting station and gave money to loyal monks who had financial difficulties, the newspaper reported.

Beijing launched its crackdown on a resurgence of anti-China sentiment in May by banning all pictures of the Dalai Lama from monasteries and forcing monks to denounce him.

But the tightening of control, prompted by the Dalai Lama's naming of the Panchen Lama's reincarnation without Chinese approval, sparked riots in monasteries across the region.

Chinese troops took over Tibet in 1951 and then put down an abortive uprising in 1959, prompting the Dalai Lama to flee to India.