June 12, 2008
Currently in production, CIA IN TIBET is an inside look at the CIA's
involvement with Tibet in their covert war with China from 1957 to
1973. This three-part documentary project is being produced by the
daughter of a former CIA case officer who worked on the Tibetan Task
Force in India and Nepal. Combined with rare archival and personal
footage, her father's never-before-told stories mix with other key
player's accounts and diverse perspectives in this timely examination
of a seminal time in Tibet's continuing struggle for independence from
China.
CAST INCLUDES
Clay Cathey
CIA case officer in India and Nepal. Primary contact for Gyalo Thondup
and Lhamo Tsering - chief leaders in the Tibetan resistance.
John Greaney
Case officer in charge of communications at CIA headquarters.
Ken Knaus
CIA case officer in charge of American covert operations inside Tibet and abroad. Author of "Orphans of the Cold War".
Bruce Walker
Training instructor in Saipan and Camp Hale, Colorado, later a case
officer in India. The only CIA officer that spoke Tibetan.
Mikel Dunham
Author of "Buddha's Warriors". Spent over 7 years collecting
information from CIA case officers and Tibetan resistance fighters
& refugees.
For further information: CIA in Tibet
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