Very interesting document  but then I confess I am a history buff. Is  Bijay Shamsher, the DG of Foreign Affairs, who signed the letter Pashupati Shamsher's father? The document provides  insight into the thinking of the Nepalese establishment at the time and interestingly enough  much of the underlying premise of our foreign policy has remained steady over the last sixty years as it is not uncommon to hear some of the same points being made today when discussing India and China.

Regardless of who has been in power in Nepal, the country's stand on Tibet has been driven by realpolitik  rather than any moral or ethical imperative. When the Tibetans controlled Tibet, Nepal had to deal with them, and the country had good relations for the most part with the Dalai Lama's government in Lhasa. Now when the Chinese controll Tibet, we have to deal with Beijing and even though many in Nepal may personally sympathize  with their Tibetan friends and neigbhors,  Nepal can't afford to adopt a pro-independence policy and jeopardize relations with China - the stakes are too high for that. Same with India. When the British controlled India, we had to deal with pretentious hoity-toity Englishmen who thought they were a cut above us and to whom our elites kissed up to by co-opting some of their language, manners and culture. Now we have to deal with  snotty and arrogant South Block and RAW babus who seem to think the same way as their former colonizers and masters and to whom our current elites constantly kiss up :)

Thanks for sharing the link, hatterika