Category Archives: Foreigners
J. Hall Paxton and Xinjiang Refugees
I’ve spent the past couple of weeks reading through old State Department reports concerning the activities of the U.S. Consulate in Dihua (Urumqi) under the guidance of Consul-General John Hall Paxton from 1946 through 1949. There are a lot of … Continue reading
Filed under Foreigners, Liberation, Xinjiang
Photos by J. Hall Paxton, 1948: Part IV
View Part I, Part II, and Part III. All photos/materials can be found in John Hall Paxton, “Travels in Southern and Eastern Turkestan,” September 20, 1948, in National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 59, Central Decimal Files 893.00 Sinkiang, … Continue reading
Filed under Foreigners, Xinjiang
Photos by J. Hall Paxton, 1948: Part III
View Part I or Part II. All photos/materials can be found in John Hall Paxton, “Travels in Southern and Eastern Turkestan,” September 20, 1948, in National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 59, Central Decimal Files 893.00 Sinkiang, Box 7286, … Continue reading
Filed under Foreigners, Xinjiang
Photos by J. Hall Paxton, 1948: Part II
View Part I. All photos/materials can be found in John Hall Paxton, “Travels in Southern and Eastern Turkestan,” September 20, 1948, in National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 59, Central Decimal Files 893.00 Sinkiang, Box 7286, “Folder: 893 Sinkiang/9-2048,” … Continue reading
Filed under Foreigners, Xinjiang
Photos by J. Hall Paxton, 1948
All photos/materials can be found in John Hall Paxton, “Travels in Southern and Eastern Turkestan,” September 20, 1948, in National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 59, Central Decimal Files 893.00 Sinkiang, Box 7286, “Folder: 893 Sinkiang/9-2048,” unless otherwise noted. … Continue reading
Filed under Foreigners, Xinjiang
Re: The Activities of the Indian Consulate in Kashgar, 1949-1950
Lately I have been spending as much free time as possible at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland (which partially explains my extended absence from updating the blog). On the whole, I’ve been pretty satisfied with … Continue reading
Filed under Foreigners, Liberation, Xinjiang
“Political Information: Foreign Residents of Tihua, Sinkiang Province.”
1. In Tihua [Urumqi] there are 149 residents who are not connected with consular establishments. All the non-official foreign residents, except for two Afghans, one Indian and one Korean, are Soviet citizens. 2. Of the 145 Soviet citizens in Tihua … Continue reading
Filed under Foreigners, Xinjiang
