Skip to content

April 21, 1962

Cable from the Department of Consular Affairs, Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'On the Flight of Border Residents from Yili and Tacheng'

This document was made possible with support from MacArthur Foundation

[…]

 

 

On the Flight of Border Residents from Yili and Tacheng

 

[To] Section Head Xu Huang of the Xinjiang Foreign Affairs Department and the Yili Office of the Foreign Affairs Department:

 

Please provide the details and causes of, as well as your proposed solutions to, the recent flight of residents from Yili [Ili] and Tacheng [Qoqek]. Please also estimate the background leading up to, as well as the development of, the flight.

 

Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

21 April 1962

 

[…]

 

The Chinese Foreign Ministry asks why individuals in Xinjiang are crossing the border into the Soviet Union.


Document Information

Source

PRC FMA 118-01109-02, 1. Translated by 7Brands.

Rights

The History and Public Policy Program welcomes reuse of Digital Archive materials for research and educational purposes. Some documents may be subject to copyright, which is retained by the rights holders in accordance with US and international copyright laws. When possible, rights holders have been contacted for permission to reproduce their materials.

To enquire about this document's rights status or request permission for commercial use, please contact the History and Public Policy Program at [email protected].

Original Uploaded Date

2013-10-10

Language

Record ID

118182

Donors

MacArthur Foundation and Henry Luce Foundation