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Robert Webster Ford
Robert W. Ford
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Bob Ford
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was a British radio officer who worked in Tibet in the late 1940s. He was one of the few Westerners to be appointed by the Government of Tibet in the period of de facto independence between 1912 and the year 1950 when the Chinese army marched on Chamdo. He was arrested and jailed for five years by the Chinese. In 1994, he declared that he "had the opportunity to witness and experience at first hand the reality of Tibetan independence." In 1956 he was appointed at the British Diplomatic Service and served in the Foreign Office.
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Created: 8 October 2026, C. Kemnitz
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Ford
Image: Robert Ford arrives from Communist Chinese captivity at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on 22 June 1955, uploaded by Joop van Bilsen for Anefo - http://proxy.handle.net/10648/a9371f70-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85591132>