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April 25, 1962

Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Representations between China and Soviet Union on the Flight of Ethnic Minority Residents from Xinjiang’s Border Areas to the Soviet Union'

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To: Wulumqi [Urumqi]  […]

Level: Extremely Urgent […]

Contents: Representations between China and Soviet Union on the Flight of Ethnic Minority Residents from Xinjiang’s Border Area to the Soviet Union

 

[To] Comrade Xu Huang, Yili [Ili] Office, Department of Foreign Affairs of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region:

 

Regarding the flight of ethnic minority residents from Xinjiang’s border areas to the Soviet Union, Vice Minister Zhang Hanfu submitted one memorandum to the Ambassador of the Soviet Union [Stepan Chervonenko] on the evening of 24 April and urged him to report [the memorandum] to the Government of the Soviet Union. The ambassador [Chervonenko] also submitted a memorandum to Comrade Zhang. Please see the attached Chinese memorandum and the ambassador’s memorandum [and] please forward them to the [Xinjiang Uyghur] Autonomous Region Party Committee. It seems that the Soviet Union is still attempting to make excuses [for the situation]. Please pay close attention to the activities of the Soviet Union, the situation of Chinese residents fleeing, and the responses of the Soviet Union and report to us if necessary.

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

25 April 1962

 

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The Foreign Ministry alerts Xu Huang and other officials in Xinjiang as to the status of the talks between Zhang Hanfu and Ambassador Chervonenko.

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PRC FMA 118-01154-06, 10. Translated by 7Brands.

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