Word: turkestan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...northwestern Sinkiang to quell a Moslem revolt. An 1881 treaty restored part of the area to China, but Russia retained a large hunk. Stalin expanded Soviet influence in Sinkiang by using Soviet consulates and cultural centers for propaganda. In 1944, Moslem rebels financed by Moscow set up the East Turkestan Republic in Sinkiang. Up to the time Mao Tse-tung won control of China, the Russians were trying to establish Sinkiang as an independent republic...
...life of a career diplomat in the United States Foreign Service varies from chasing llamas across the barren hills of Turkestan to arranging intrigues in the smoke-filled backrooms of Communist capitals. For most, the excitement and variety of the work constitute its prime reward, and Henry Serrano Villard, a career diplomat for fifty years, would agree. But the niggardly budget of the State Department has not kept up with rising costs around the world, and the U.S. diplomat consequently has been exposed to severe indignities. Villard has collected all the gripes of his fifty years in the Service...