The British, like the Chinese, encouraged the Tibetans to keep foreigners out of Tibet and no foreigners visited Lhasa between the departure of the Younghusband mission in 1904 and the arrival of a telegraph officer in 1920.[99] Just over 90 European and Japanese visited Lhasa during the years 1920-1950, most of whom were British diplomatic personnel.[100] Very few governments did anything resembling a normal diplomatic recognition of Tibet.[citation needed] In 1914 the Tibetan government signed the Simla Accord with Britain, ceding the several small areas on the southern side of the Himalayan watershed to British India. The Chinese government denounced the agreement as illegal.[101][102]