Dear Oliver,

Thank you very much for your letter of August 4 . I am happy to hear that ECOSOC has decided to postpone the decision on the TRP status. I hope

this postponement will facilitate you to conduct further campaigns, which will help to reach a favorable decision next month.

Regarding the EU resolution, if no concrete negotiation between the Chinese Government and us could not be started, how do you think we sould

go about in implementing the EU parliament resolution of recognizing the Tibetan government in exile. Please let me know your views. Once again

thank you very much for your continued interest and support for Tibet.

With very best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Tempa Tsering

Minister for Home