His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama claimed the 17-point agreement on “Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet” was signed under duress in order to safeguard his people. Despite the terms of the agreement, the Chinese military presence in Tibet grew steadily as seen in this archival photo of military trucks outside the Potala Palace in 1959. Within a few years, an extensive road network linked Lhasa and the rest of Tibet, to China.