Lattimore tells Alptekin that he is "doing my best to stimulate more study" of Xinjiang in the United States.

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.

Lattimore continues his push to improve the study of "Central Asian Turkish" in the United States.

Mortimer Graves of the American Council for Learned Societies responds to Owen Lattimore's request for financial support to bring a Xinjiang specialist to the United States.

Owen Lattimore reports to several of Xinjiang's exiled leaders that he is seeking support on their behalf.

Owen Lattimore asks the Foreign Service Institute for support to bring a Xinjiang specialist to the United States.

Owen Lattimore continues to lobby for support to recruit an area studies specialist from Xinjiang.

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.

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.