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UYGHURS AND

CHINESE CAN LIVE

TOGETHER IN PEACE IN

EAST TURKESTAN

The efforts being made today to stir up ethnic conflict in East
Turkestan are extremely dangerous. Our Muslim brothers in East
Turkestan have been subjected to various difficulties for the last 60
years or so, but have never turned to violence and conflict. The Uighur
Turks are a noble people, known for their good manners, honesty, for-

titude, reconciliatory natures, obedience to the state, loyalty and devo-
tion. These fine people possess excellent virtues, such as forgiveness,
loving peace, lovableness, respect for different ideas and beliefs and
judging people according to their moral values
rather than their race. There has therefore
never been any conflict
based on ethnicity
with the other

Communist China's Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan