/We'll probably never know but in all likelihood the plane crash was arranged by Stalin in order to get rid of the nationalist Uighurs whom he had previously supported in their struggle to establish an independent republic in Xinjiang. They were no longer useful. https://bit.ly/3yOkKTx
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Cable No. 3582 from Flilippov [Stalin] to Cde. Mao Zedong | Wilson Center Digital Archive
