THE TATAR RACE OF SINKIANG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600030437-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 437
• Publication Date: January 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SDURCEd Bueoiaa BP who hoe resided is the US ainoe 1951. She was barn in Urunchi,
Sinkiang previnoe~ is 1924, and resided there until 1942 when she moved to
Chuguohak (Tahaheng) to tesoh in rho Chuguohak IIementary 3ohool. She re-
mained there for a ye~ia lists+1547? t9h~fti9hanghai is the Selluof 1949
departure for Shsrlghai
foal the Island oi' Samar :a the Philippiaea. ~:om 194? to the date of her
entry ia~to~the 1I3~ eha wee olaesifiad as a diePlaathiereatire doriod.nd~
the oars a_ the ADO. She tine sot employed .during P
pCL10>!f 4Y thlr ara0ar:aZ xsa diraatij obtnitnrl from this aourae~ ilowevera
the bu11t at this data results tram esteaaive study os aeuroa matcriala on
the wren of Sinkiang. It ie believed that the resulting iafcrmation ie
reliable
1. 1,fi,lrlhel? ~ Si nki sync= The Ta,;ar rase of Sinkian? is also referred ta, both in
Sinkiang rrid in mglish-language texts on that province, as :attar, T~artre,-erh
end '1.oghai. According to a 1941 survey they nuraberbd 4,601 or slightly mare
thou .12;~ of the total population of S1:3tiano.
~~ ~,.ioin of the ;lame; The Tatars inherited their nerve from the name of the
2iongol clan to which they. at one ti:ae belonged. They talonged to the Tta-tea
.;~ of the :+lonbols who absorbed some :%slem culture arsi turned to Isla~c.
Fot thin, ?hey were greaS.la- c9spiseu by the Mongol Lamas and given another
,sine, Noghai, whi :h ~Yeanz "dogs".
3. xtatorv of the ce: Thi, fuse F~e:iple, of wham there are at least two millions
in tha i15SH, arc thg lobar,? of Jer-ohie Kha~a tp the user. They were Left
bohind whoa his bzeat empire shrunk away to t:ie east and though the centixties
have changed then a meat deal they stil]. bear evidence oT their Mongol
osi4ina. Left in a strcinge land they did not pariah but built their own
:hies and develcmed into a great people? Most Tatars cane f`^om the Volga
region uhiah today eemprisea the .star Autonanoua Soviet Socialist c'zpublic.
Zhev are the descendents of the in;iabitants cf the ~-:.~.:.:Otn:.nt^- w :'-a`- ^c~
F~m ~ 3~, I.t13S on rho territory of the former ifolga Bulgarian ~opire ea a.
_ r~s',ilt. ,::,' `Lh:~, ;;oilspsa of :he Golden Horde. In 15J2 bazan was conquered by
f; ac:~~ ,