Below Derb writes, “Britain and the U.S.A. — especially the Kennedy administration — both behaved disgracefully towards Tibet.”

In re which, two questions:

1. China invaded Tibet in 1950-1951, rolling in additional troops (as best I can make out the history of the thing) in 1959. The first event took place during the Truman administration, the second, on the watch of Ike. Where does the Kennedy administration come into it? And why did the Kennedy administration behave worse than the MacMillan government?

2. What would you have wanted Britain and the U.S.A. to do?