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December 29, 1949	Report of Cde. Peng Dehuai about the Situation in Xinjiang Peng reports on the situation in Xinjiang following the takeover of Xinjiang by the People's Liberation Army.
November 11, 1949	Cable No. 59976, Kovalev to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] Request for grain from the Chinese government for the PLA in Xinjiang.
November 16, 1949	Cable No. 21039, Gromyko to Cde. Kovalev The Soviet government agrees to deliver 10,000 tons of wheat to the PLA in Xinjiang.
October 25, 1949	Letter from Cde. Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] via Kovalev Detailed report on the arrival of the PLA in Xinjiang, including the local population's reaction. Mao reports that the PLA was greeted warmly except for activities of some "reactionary elements and propaganda units of the Kuomintang."
October 20, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 32616 from Savel'yev in Urumchi PLA troops arrived in Urumchi in Xinjiang.
August 18, 1958	M. Zimianin to the Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU and to Comrade Iu. V. Andropov E. I. Shalunov meets with the Chief of the Education Department of the People’s Committee of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Comrade Zakirov, to discuss criticisms against other local leaders in XUAR and recent Party meetings.
March 3, 1958	M. Zimianin to the Central Committee of the CPSU and to Comrade Iu. V. Andropov, 'On Manifestations of Local Nationalism in Xinjiang (PRC)' During party meetings in Xinjiang, some individuals advocated for the creation of an independent Uyghur republic.
January 22, 1958	Memorandum on a Discussion with Wang Huangzhang, Head of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Prefectural People's Committee Wang Huangzhang reports on "local nationalism" in Xinjiang and poor agricultural conditions in the region.
January 7, 1958	Memorandum on a Discussion held by the Consul-General of the USSR in Ürümchi, G.S. DOBASHIN, with the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Comrade LÜ JIANREN Lü Jianren briefs Dobashin on calls for an independent Uyghur republic.
February 10, 1958	Note, M. Zimianin to the Central Committee of the CPSU and to Comrade Iu. V. Andropov A cover sheet for a memorandum of conversation between Soviet diplomats and leading officials in Xinjiang.