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August 1949	Karsky to Cde. Miklashevsky Moscow will assist Deng Liqun, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, with establishing radio contact after arriving in the East Turkestan Republic.
August 1949	Liu Shaoqi to Cde. G.M. Malenkov Liu Shaoqi informs Malenkov that Deng Liqun will lead a team to the East Turkestan Republic and establish radio communication with Moscow and later with Peng Dehuai.
October 5, 1945	L. Beria to Cde. V.M. Molotov Beria writes that Osman Batur does not intend to recognize the East Turkestan Republic. Instead, Osman will create an independent state in Altai, in part due to the support of Choibalsan.
April 9, 1951	Memorandum to Mr. B. Kuniholm from Enver Shakul, 'News from Sinkiang' Enver Shakul, a Xinjiang exile working at the US Embassy in Ankara, shares the latest gossip from China's northwest.
October 25, 1949	Cable, Mao Zedong to Comrade Filippov [Stalin] Mao shares a detailed report on the arrival of the PLA in Xinjiang with Stalin.
December 7, 1949	Cable, Zhou Enlai to Wang Zhen Zhou Enlai responds to two cables about the activities and whereabouts of George Fox-Holmes, Douglas Mackiernan, and John Hall Paxton.
May 23, 1952	Despatch No. 652, American Consulate, Calcutta, India, to the Department of State, Washington, 'Transmitting Memorandum of Conversation between Consular Office and Prince Peter of Greece regarding Tibet' US Consular Office William Gibson and Prince Peter of Greece discuss developments in Tibet and Indo-Tibetan trade. Princess Irene offers unflattering views on a group of White Russian refugees who exited Xinjiang via Kalimpong and later immigrated to the United States. In a cover note, Evan M. Wilson dismisses Irene's comments but notes that Prince Peter's information was 'quite accurate.'
October 12, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 58986 from Kovalev to Filippov [Stalin] Mao requests assistance with shipments of fuel, troops, and aircraft to Urumchi.
October 14, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 4159 from Filipov [Stalin] to Kovalev Stalin agrees to send one division from Lanzhou to Urumchi and to ship aviation fuel to Urumchi and Hami.
September 26, 1949	Cable with Message from Mao Zedong to Stalin Request for assistance from the Soviet Union with air transport for troops and supplies into Xinjiang.