At a recent meeting of the Mongolian government, a decision was made to publish 1,039 pages of documents from a total of 1,133 pages concerning Dilav Khutagt (Telo-tulku) Jamsranjav Bashluu, which are stored in the Special Archive of the Main Intelligence Directorate. It was also decided to disclose 1,039 pages of documents that do not fall under the Law on State and Official Secrets, according to information from the government’s Public Relations Office. This was reported by MiddleAsianNews.
The Internal Security Department was established in 1922 and has since carried out numerous intelligence operations to protect the independence and security of Mongolia. One of the most significant operations was the secret relocation of Dilav Khutagt Jamsranjav Bashluu outside the country.
Mongolia created a spy legend for Jamsranjav, according to which he was a well-known Buddhist figure and influential monk, which earned him the trust of Banchin-Bogdo (Panchen Lama). He was detained in connection with the "Ergedendagva 38" case, where his livestock was confiscated, and he was released with a two-year suspended sentence. In 1928, he applied to the Internal Security Department for permission to travel to Banchin-Bogdo, but due to delays, a plan was developed for his departure under the guise of a "escape from Mongolia." In February 1931, Khutagt crossed the border, and he was declared "having fled the country after being convicted in the Ergedendagva 38 case," which initially served as a cover but eventually became his real life.
Dilav Khutagt Jamsranjav Bashluu worked for six years as an advisor to Chiang Kai-shek and collaborated with the renowned American scholar Owen Lattimore, which significantly influenced the recognition of Mongolia's independence by the Kuomintang. Lattimore, who visited Mongolia, noted: "Dilav Khutagt is the person who made a significant contribution to the recognition of Mongolia's independence by China. This needs to 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. Dilav Khutagt) XI (V), a state and religious figure, as well as a Mongolist.
There was an opinion that on February 26, 1931, Dilav Khutagt left the Mongolian Republic, fearing for his life, for which he was considered a traitor and a fugitive. In Inner Mongolia, he hid under the names "Lieutenant Jamsran" and "Gun," collaborating with the regimes of Chiang Kai-shek and the pro-Japanese regime of Mengjiang, as well as meeting with the Panchen Lama and the young 14th Dalai Lama during his three-year stay in Tibet. He also participated in the election of the ninth Bogdo Gegene as Khubilgan.
In 1950, American orientalist O. Lattimore suggested that Jamsranjav emigrate to the USA, where he began to give lectures on Mongolian studies at the University of Baltimore. Later, he became the Hambo Lama of the Nitsan temple, built with funds from the Kalmyk community in New Jersey. In 1960, Jamsranjav attended a meeting of the UN General Assembly, where the Mongolian Republic was admitted to the Organization based on the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Previously Colonized Countries, thus playing an important role in persuading Chiang Kai-shek, who considered Mongolia part of the Republic of China.
Dilav Khutagt Jamsranjav Bashluu passed away on April 7, 1965, in New York. His successor as Dilav Khutukh was the Kalmyk of American origin E. B. Ombadikov, who was later elected Shadzhin Lama of Kalmykia.
