<正> Ihave been following the contacts between the Central Government and the 14th Dalai Lama for years, and wrote many articles discussing the negotiations with some people also interested in the issue. Leafing through materials on my desk at the end of 2002,I felt obliged to say more about the issue.There has, lately, been more information available on the contacts between the Central Government and the 14th Dalai Lama. They have concentrated mainly on the fact that, in 2002, the Central