——西藏和平解放后,中央政府尊重十四世达赖的固有地位,给予其崇高荣誉并积极争取他为建设新中国作贡献,但他当面一套,背后又是一套
《十七条协议》规定:“达赖喇嘛的固有地位和职权,中央亦不予变更”。和平解放后,中央政府给予十四世达赖很高的政治待遇。1953年,十四世达赖当选为全国佛教协会名誉会长。1954年,十四世达赖参加中华人民共和国第一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议,讨论国家大事,拥护和赞成第一部宪法草案。十四世达赖在会上发言,充分肯定三年多来执行《十七条协议》取得的成绩,对民族区域自治的原则和规定表示热烈拥护。他还说:“敌人造谣共产党、人民政府毁灭宗教,现在这种谣言已经完全破产了,西藏人民已经切身地体会到在宗教信仰上是有自由的。”在这次会议上,十四世达赖当选为第一届全国人大常委会副委员长,这是西藏地方领导人历史上在中央政府担任的最高职务。在北京期间,新中国领导人多次接见十四世达赖,与他谈心。十四世达赖撰写《毛主席颂》,歌颂新中国领导人毛泽东的丰功伟绩。1956年,西藏自治区筹备委员会成立,十四世达赖担任筹委会主任。他在筹备委员会成立大会上致辞时表示,《十七条协议》使西藏人民“充分享受到民族平等的一切权利,开始走上了自由幸福的光明大道”,“自治区筹委会的成立,不仅是适时的,而且是必要的”。在执行《十七条协议》、人民解放军进藏、十世班禅返藏、自治区筹委会成立等问题上,他一度做出了积极姿态。
- After the peaceful liberation of Tibet, the central government recognized the established status of the 14th Dalai Lama, treating him with great respect and encouraging him to contribute to the building of New China. However, he betrayed these efforts; his co-operation proved to be a pretence.
The 17-Article Agreement stipulates, "The central authorities will not alter the established status, functions and powers of the Dalai Lama." After the peaceful liberation of Tibet, the central government recognized the political status of the 14th Dalai Lama and treated him with great respect. In 1953, he became the honorary president of the Buddhist Association of China. In 1954, he participated in the discussion on state affairs at the First Session of the First National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and upheld the draft of the country's first Constitution. At the meeting, the 14th Dalai Lama spoke highly of the success achieved over the previous three years and more since the conclusion of the 17-Article Agreement and expressed strong support for the principles and rules of regional ethnic autonomy. He also said, "The enemy has been spreading the rumor that the Communist Party and the People's Government destroyed religions. This strategy has collapsed and the people of Tibet now enjoy religious freedom."
At the session, the 14th Dalai Lama was elected by the meeting a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the First National People's Congress, the highest central government position ever held by a local leader of Tibet. During his stay in Beijing, central government leaders held frank and genial talks with him on many occasions. The 14th Dalai Lama wrote the Ode to Chairman Mao to extol the great accomplishments of Mao Zedong. In 1956, the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region was founded and chaired by the 14th Dalai Lama. In his speech at the inaugurating ceremony, he reaffirmed that the 17-Article Agreement "had enabled the Tibetan people to enjoy in full all rights of ethnic equality and to embark on a bright road of freedom and happiness," and hailed the founding of the Preparatory Committee as "timely and necessary." For a time, he showed a positive attitude towards the implementation of the 17-Article Agreement, the PLA's entry into Tibet, the 10th Panchen Erdeni's return to Tibet, and the founding of the Preparatory Committee.