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April 25, 1962

Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Representations between China and Soviet Union on the Flight of Ethnic Minority Residents from Xinjiang’s Border Area to the Soviet Union'

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To: Moscow […]

Level: Extremely Urgent  […]

Contents: Representations between China and Soviet Union on the Flight of Ethnic Minority Residents from Xinjiang’s Border Area to the Soviet Union

 

[To] Ambassador [to the Soviet Union] Liu Xiao (top secret):

 

Vice Minister Zhang [Hanfu] met the Ambassador of the Soviet Union [Stepan Chervonenko] and submitted one memorandum [to him] on the evening of 24 April, urging him to report [the memorandum] to the Government of the Soviet Union. The [Soviet] ambassador also submitted a memorandum to Comrade Zhang. Please see the attached Chinese memorandum and the ambassador’s memorandum. It seems that representations [between China and the Soviet Union] must continue.

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

25 April 1962

 

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry alerts Ambassador Liu Xiao to ongoing talks between China and the Soviet Union over the mass flight from Xinjiang.

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PRC FMA 118-01154-10, 4. Translated by 7Brands.

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