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April 30, 1951

Letter, Owen Lattimore to Isa Yusuf Alptekin

Lattimore tells Alptekin that he is "doing my best to stimulate more study" of Xinjiang in the United States.

November 14, 1950

Letter, Isa Yusuf Alptekin to Owen Lattimore

Isa Yusuf Alptekin recounts his experiences in Xinjiang in the 1940s and his flight to India and beyond after the Chinese Communist revolution. He also asks Lattimore for assistance in having exiled students from Xinjiang go to the United States for further education.

June 29, 1950

Letter, Owen Lattimore to Mortimer Graves

Lattimore continues his push to improve the study of "Central Asian Turkish" in the United States.

June 22, 1950

Letter, Mortimer Graves to Owen Lattimore

Mortimer Graves of the American Council for Learned Societies responds to Owen Lattimore's request for financial support to bring a Xinjiang specialist to the United States.

June 19, 1950

Letter, Owen Lattimore to Colonel Adam Sabri

Owen Lattimore reports to several of Xinjiang's exiled leaders that he is seeking support on their behalf.

June 19, 1950

Letter, Owen Lattimore to Frank Hopkins

Owen Lattimore asks the Foreign Service Institute for support to bring a Xinjiang specialist to the United States.

June 19, 1950

Letter, Owen Lattimore to Mortimer Graves

Owen Lattimore continues to lobby for support to recruit an area studies specialist from Xinjiang.

June 19, 1950

Letter, Owen Lattimore to Lennox C. Fogg, Jr.

Lattimore forwards a letter from three exiled leaders from Xinjiang, and hints at Senator Joseph McCarthy's attacks on his character.

June 19, 1950

Letter, Owen Lattimore to Dr. W. Norman Brown

Owen Lattimore forwards a letter from three exiled leaders from Xinjiang, and asks for support to bring a Uyghur-language specialist to the US.

April 6, 1950

Letter, Muhammad Amin Bughra, Isa Yusuf Alptekin, and Colonel Adam Sabri to Owen Lattimore

Exiled in India, Bugrha, Alptekin, and Sabri ask Lattimore for financial and material support. They also praise Dean Acheson's January 1950 Press Club Speech.