Presents   America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival Speaker(s)   Date & Time Dr. John Kenneth Knaus   Tuesday, April 6, 2010 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Registration begins at 5:00 pm, The program begins at 5:45 pm Knaus brings a dose of real politics and detailed history to the often romanticized subject of Tibet. A former CIA officer and a friend of the Dalai Lama's family for 40 years, Knaus became involved with the CIA's clandestine operation to support Tibetan self-determination in 1958 and watched it sputter, flourish and fizzle under Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson.   The Jefferson Hotel 101 West Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23220