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April 30, 1951
Lattimore tells Alptekin that he is "doing my best to stimulate more study" of Xinjiang in the United States.
November 14, 1950
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 19, 1950
Owen Lattimore asks the Foreign Service Institute for support to bring a Xinjiang specialist to the United States.
Lattimore forwards a letter from three exiled leaders from Xinjiang, and hints at Senator Joseph McCarthy's attacks on his character.
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
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.