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January 12, 1947	Record of a Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in China A. A. Petrov and General Zhang Zhizhong on 7 January 1947 Petrov and Zhang discuss Xinjiang-Soviet trade and the overall state of Sino-Soviet relations.
April 24, 1948	Excerpt on Xinjiang from Minutes No. 69 of the VKP(b) CC Politburo Meetings The Soviet Politburo makes recommendations for governance and security in the East Turkestan Republic.
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.
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.
July 7, 1942	Letter to the Soviet Ambassador in Chongqing At the instruction of the Soviet government and Cde. Stalin personally, the Soviet ambassador to China is instructed to inform Chiang Kai-shek of the worrying views expressed by Shicai Sheng in his recent letter to Stalin, Voroshilov, and Molotov and present him with the text of Molotov's reply.
July 3, 1942	Letter from Cde. V. M. Molotov to Governor Shicai Sheng Molotov rejects all the accusations leveled against Cdes. Bakulin, Rakov, and other senior Soviet officials in Governor Sheng's earlier letter as completely unfounded and criticizes his repression of senior figures in the Xinjiang government. Molotov also expresses his belief that "secret agents of an imperialist power hostile to China" have made Sheng their tool.
May 10, 1942	Letter from Governor Shicai Sheng to Cdes. Stalin, Molotov, and Voroshilov Governor Sheng describes the investigation into Sheng Shiqi's (the Commander of the Mechanized Brigade of Xinjiang) death, which revealed that Chen Xiuying (his wife) murdered him under pressure from Xiao Zuoxin, the assistant to the Director of the Urumqi office of the Native Corporation. He also reports that Kruglov, Soviet advisor for trade matters, intentionally disrupted trade between the Soviet Union and Xinjiang because of the Xinjiang government's alleged anti-Soviet attitude.