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1951

May 23

The plenipotentiaries of the Central People's Government and the local government of Tibet signed in Beijing the Agreement on Measures for Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (known as the "17-Article Agreement"), proclaiming the peaceful liberation of Tibet. On October 26, the PLA entered Tibet and was stationed in Lhasa.