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　　In their meeting, the ambassador reported, the Dalai Lama criticised Chinas energy policy, saying dam construction in Tibet had displaced thousands of people and left temples and monasteries underwater.

　　He recommended that the Chinese authorities compensate Tibetans for disrupting their nomadic lifestyle with vocational training, such as weaving, and said there were three poles in danger of melting the north pole, the south pole, and the glaciers at the pole of Tibet.

　　The cables also reveal the desperate appeals made by the Dalai Lama for intervention by the US during unrest in Tibet during spring 2008.

　　As a heavy crackdown followed demonstrations and rioting, he pleaded with US officials to take action that would make an impact in Beijing.

　　At the end of one 30-minute meeting, a cable reports that the Dalai Lama embraced the embassys officials and made a final plea.

　　Tibet is a dying nation. We need Americas help, he was reported as saying.

　　Other cables reveal US fears that the influence of the 75-year-old Dalai Lama over the Tibetan community in exile might be waning or that a succession to his leadership could pose problems.

　　In June 2008, officials reported that their visit to six Tibetan refugee settlements across north and north-eastern India underscores concerns that frustrated and dissatisfied Tibetan youth ... could pose serious problems.