...Government of India had at that time requested the Tibetan government, in somewhat unthoughtful language, "to continue relations on the existing basis until new agreements are reached on matters that either party may wish to take up"24 - a position which the Chinese subsequently interpreted as...

...Tibet was the best proof of Tibet's independent status in 1947. New Delhi wrote to Lhasa in July 1947: The Government of India would be glad to have an assurance that it is the intention of the Government of Tibet to continue relations on the existing basis until new arrangements are reached...