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Tibetan Delegates Leave The Roof Of The World By Plane -- Left to Right: Chipchi Deyul, Fifth Rank Civil Officer; Yapshi Takla Sey, Junior Fourth Rank Civil Officer; Jigme Taring, Fourth Rank Civil Officer; Tsepon Shakabpa, Finance Secretary, Fourth Rank Civil Officer and Joint Leader of the Delegation; Tsechag Thurpden Gyalpo, Fourth Rank Ecclesiastical Officer and Joint Leader of the Delegation; Thupden La (at rear), non-official Ecclesiastical Helper; Lobsang Nyendrag, Fifth Rank Ecclesiastical Officer, and Lotro Gyatso, Joint Representative of Tibet's three largest Monasteries - Depang, Sera, and Gandan. Ecclesiastical officers may be distinguished by their Shaven hair. June 28, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).