Tibetan exiles funded by CIA

Los Angeles - The CIA gave the Tibetan exile movement $1

Los Angeles - The CIA gave the Tibetan exile movement $1.7 million a year throughout much of the 1960s, including $180,000 for the Dalai Lama, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday, quoting declassified documents released by the State Department.

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