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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

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Wilgress, Leolyn Dana (L. D.)

1892- 1969

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1901- 1995

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Sheng, Shicai

1897- 1970

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1895- 1965

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Murphy, John M.

1926- 2015

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February 1, 1970	Letter, Isa Yusuf Alptekin, President of the National Center for the Liberation of Eastern Turkestan, to President Richard Nixon Isa Yusuf Alptekin writes to President Nixon to explain the plight of his people and to request assistance.
February 6, 1970	Letter, John M. Murphy, Member of Congress, to the Honorable Richard M. Nixon Congressman Murphy forwards a letter and appeal from Isa Yusuf Alptekin to President Nixon.
March 12, 1970	Memorandum for Mr. Henry A. Kissinger, the White House, from Theodore L. Eliot, Jr. Theodore Eliot advises Henry Kissinger that "the United States should avoid becoming involved in an issue which could seriously damage our efforts to improve relations with Peking."
September 30, 1944	Letter No. 340 from L.D. Wilgress, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, W.L. Mackenzie King
May 31, 1944	Letter No. 180 from L.D. Wilgress, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, W.L. Mackenzie King Fu Bingchang (Foo Ping-sheung) relays his views on relations among the Great Powers, Soviet involvement in Xinjiang, and the rifts between the Nationalists and Communists within China.
November 9, 1944	Letter No. 402 from L.D. Wilgress, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, W.L. Mackenzie King The Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, L.D. Wilgress, thoroughly reviews Soviet foreign policy in Europe, Asia, and in Latin America and its relations with the United States and the United Kingdom. Wilgress optimistically concludes that "the Soviet Government are desirous of co-operating fully with the other great powers."