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Anthropologist Carole McGranahan noted how a leader in this region was gifted an Omega chronograph by the CIA in exploring a so-called “forgotten war” in this region. Project Circus trained guerillas fighting for this region’s independence in Camp Hale, Colorado, including the “Four Rivers, Six Ranges” group. In a 1987 address to the Human Rights Caucus, a leader of this region outlined a Five-Point Peace Plan that advocated (15[1]-5[1])the “middle way” approach. This region was formally annexed in the (*) Seventeen Point Agreement following the Battle of Chamdo. A spiritual leader (10[1])based in the Potala Palace (10[2])was the political leader of this region until he escaped to India (10[1])in 1959; that leader was Tenzin Gyatso. For 10 points, name this region controlled by China since the departure of the Dalai Lama. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Tibet [accept Bod or Xizang]
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