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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 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.
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."
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.