The 14th Dalai Lama was financially supported by the CIA between the late 1950s and the mid-1970s, receiving $180,000 a year. The funds were paid to him personally

After 20 plus years of accepting millions of dollars from the CIA, the Dalai Lama then complained the CIA was interested in their own agenda.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Tibetan_program

"In the early 1950s, the CIA inserted paramilitary teams from the Special Activities Division (SAD) to train and lead Tibetan resistance fighters against the People's Liberation Army of China."

"In addition, SAD Paramilitary Officers were responsible for the Dalai Lama's clandestine escape to India" "The 14th Dalai Lama was financially supported by the CIA between the late 1950s and the mid-1970s, receiving $180,000 a year. The funds were paid to him personally, although he used most of them for Tibetan government-in-exile activities such as funding foreign offices to lobby for international support."