dated April 6, 1951: Dalai Lama to return to Tibet

The Austrian newspaper Die Presse reported from Vienna, on April 4, that the Tibetan question had been settled through negotiations and the Dalai Lama had been asked to return to Lhasa and resume his functions there. This information, the paper said, had reached relatives in Austria of Heini Harrer an Austrian national who had become an adviser to the Dalai Lama.

Mr. Heini Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer who went to Tibet a number of years ago had eventually entered the service of the Tibetan ruler. Some reports said Mr. Harrer became Commander-in- Chief of the Tibetan forces.

According to Die Presse, Mr. Harrer was entrusted with the mission of negotiating with the Peking Government. A compromise was finally reached and the Dalai Lama, who had fled towards the Indian frontier, was asked to return to his capital. As for Mr. Harrer, who was asked to leave the country was understood to be now on his way to Austria, the newspaper added.

`La Prensa' Day

Radio stations and newspapers joined the National Press Club in declaring a day of mourning for the Argentine newspaper, La Prensa. The Buenos Aires paper, critical of President Peron, had been closed because of a dispute with Government-dominated labour unions.

The president of the National Press Club, Mr. Carson Flyman, declared that suppression of La Prensa represented a blow to freedom of the press everywhere. The Board of Governors of the Club, an organisation of 700 Washington correspondents, voted unanimously to lower the flag over the Press Club to half-mast on April 30.

Presient Carson Flyman said that the suppression of La Prensa represented a blow to freedom of the press everywhere.

The Washington Post, the Washington Daily News and two radio stations would lower their flags to half mast.

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