At a recent government meeting, it was decided to publish 1039 out of 1133 pages of documents related to Dilav Khutagt (Telo-tulku) Jamsranjav Bashluu. These materials are held in the Special Archive of the Main Intelligence Directorate and include documents not covered by the Law on State and Official Secrets, as reported by the Government Public Relations Office. This was reported by MiddleAsianNews.
This state agency, founded in 1922 as the Department of Internal Security, has conducted numerous operations aimed at protecting the independence and security of Mongolia. One of the most significant was the secret operation to smuggle Dilav Khutagt Jamsranjav Bashluu abroad.
A new generation intelligence agency in Mongolia created a legend for him as a spy. In this legend, Jamsranjav is portrayed as an influential Buddhist monk who enjoyed the trust of the Panchen Lama (Banchin-Bogdo). As a result of his arrest in the "Ergedendagva 38" case, his livestock was confiscated, and he was released with a suspended sentence. In 1928, he applied to the Department of Internal Security for permission to travel to the Panchen Lama, but facing delays, a plan was devised to send him under the pretext of "escaping from Mongolia." In February 1931, Dilav Khutagt was smuggled across the border. Later, he was considered "having fled the country after being convicted in the Ergedendagva 38 case," which initially served as a cover and later became his real life as a "fugitive."
Dilav Khutagt Jamsranjav Bashluu worked for six years as an advisor to Chiang Kai-shek, collaborating with the renowned American scholar Owen Lattimore. He had a significant influence on the recognition of Mongolia's independence by the Chinese Kuomintang. Lattimore, who visited Mongolia, noted: "Dilav Khutagt is a key figure in the recognition of Mongolia's independence by China. This must be understood correctly."
Jamsranjav Bashluu (Mong. Bashluugiin Jamsranjav; October 8, 1884, Zasagt Khan Aimag (now Zavkhan Aimag) — April 7, 1965, New York) — Telo-tulku (Mong. Dilova Khutagt) XI (V), a prominent Mongolian religious and political figure, as well as a scholar of Mongolian studies.
There is an opinion that on February 26, 1931, fearing for his life, Dilav Khutagt fled from the Mongolian Republic to Inner Mongolia, for which he was branded a traitor in his homeland. There, hiding under the names "Lieutenant Jamsran" and "Gun," he interacted with the regimes of Chiang Kai-shek and the pro-Japanese regime of Mengjiang in Devan, and also met with the Panchen Lama and the young 14th Dalai Lama during his three-year stay in Tibet. Additionally, he participated in the election of the ninth Bogdo Gegene to the post of Khubilgan.
In 1950, American orientalist O. Lattimore suggested that Jamsranjav emigrate to the USA, where he began lecturing on Mongolian studies at the University of Baltimore. He became the Hambo Lama of the Nitsan temple, built in Howell with funds from the Kalmyk community of New Jersey. In 1960, Jamsranjav participated in a meeting of the UN General Assembly, which contributed to Mongolia's inclusion in the Organization based on the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Former Colonies, playing an important role in persuading Chiang Kai-shek, who previously considered the country part of the Republic of China.
Jamsranjav passed away on April 7, 1965, in New York. His successor as Dilova Khutagt was an American of Kalmyk descent, E. B. Ombadikov, who was later elected Shadzhin Lama of Kalmykia.
