20世纪30年代至抗日战争时期进藏的美国人

The Americans Who Entered Tibet from the 1930s up to China's Anti-Japanese War Period

隋丹.卡廷、伯纳德和托尔斯泰-杜兰使团是20世纪30年代至抗日战争后期陆续进藏的三批美国人,他们增进了美国对于西藏的了解。尤其是托尔斯泰-杜兰使团的西藏之行,首开美国政府派遣官方使团进藏与西藏当局建立直接联系、插手中国“西藏问题”之先例,对于此后美国政府对中国西藏政策的形成和确立发生了很大影响。

Suydam Cutting,Theo Bernard and the two members of the Tolstoy-Dolan Mission were the Americans who entered Tibet during the 1930's up to China's anti-Japanese War period.Their visits to Tibet promoted the Americans' understanding towards Tibet.Among these visits,the Tolstoy-Dolan Mission was the most important one,and it was the first time that the United States sent an official mission into Tibet and established direct contact with the Kashag.This incident exerted a great influence on the Americans' later involvement in Tibetan issues.