Getting It Straight on the Dalai Lama

The Oct. 5 front-page article "Obama's Meeting With the Dalai Lama Is Delayed" captured some of the complexity of this issue but failed to state clearly that we were involved in the decision for President Obama to meet His Holiness after the U.S.-China summit and not during his visit to Washington this week. We came to this arrangement because we believe that it is in our long-term interests.

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