In August 1950 a Tibetan delegation and representatives of the People's Republic of China sat for negotiations in New Delhi. Following the Chinese annexation of Tibet in October of that year, India sent a note of protest. India’s Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel wrote, "The tragedy of it is that the Tibetans put faith in us; they chose to be guided by us; and we have been unable to get them out of the meshes of Chinese diplomacy or Chinese malevolence."