It seems that he was still following Lord Curzon's geo-political agenda to extend British influence in Tibet by securing the Chumbi Valley for Britain and denying it to the Russians as part of The Great Game.
Det lader til, at han stadig fulgte Lord George Curzons geopolitiske dagsorden om at udvide den britiske indflydelse i Tibet ved at sikre Chumbi-dalen for Storbritannien og nægte den til russerne som en del af The Great Game.