从柔克义会谈到西藏商务代表团赴美——论美国对我国西藏地方的早期联系

1908至1948年间．美国政府派遣柔克文、托尔斯泰等与西藏发生联系，并且接待西藏商分代表团访问美国、这是其与西藏地方的早期联系时期。本文通过中外外交档案资料披露了这一过程．揭示了美国早期插手西藏活动的事实。这对于我们认清美国干涉西藏问题的历史由来，有着重要意义。

On the Early Contact between the United States and Tibet

From 1908 to 1948 was the early stage of official contacts between USA and Tibet. It was inltiated hy Rockhill in 1908. Thirty-four years later, the United States sent Ilian Tolstoy and Broods Dolan to survey a possible route by road for transport of air supplies from India to China via Tibet. After World war ll was over, the United States changed its policy toward Tibet gradually bccause of the Tibetan trade delegation's illegal visit. This paper mainly reveals the course of it through English- Sinodiplomatic documents.