Editing Camp Hale Colorado (section)

==CIA Training Camp==
From 1959 to 1964, Camp Hale was used by the CIA for a covert operation to train Tibetan guerrillas as part of a program to support resistance against Chinese occupation of Tibet. Under the code name ST CIRCUS, the CIA, in collaboration with the U.S. Army, trained approximately 2,000 Tibetan fighters in paramilitary tactics, including weapons handling, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare. The operation aimed to disrupt Chinese control following the 1959 Tibetan uprising. Trainees were airlifted to Tibet or operated from bases in Nepal, but the program had limited success and was terminated in 1964 amid improving U.S.-China relations.