[1] The organisation established its headquarters in the regional capital of Dihua (present-day Ürümqi) and elected Han Shiyi as its president.
In December 1946, Abdulkerim Abbas – the leader of the Uyghur-majority, Ghulja-based East Turkestan Revolutionary Party (ETRP) – travelled to the then Chinese capital Nanjing, to secretly meet with Dong Biwu, a CCP delegate from Yan'an.
[3] Dong immediately relayed this information back to the CCP central committee in Yan'an via telegraph and scheduled a second meeting with Abbas.
Dong extended the warm greetings of Zhou Enlai, the vice chairman of the military commission of the central committee, who agreed in principle to CCP membership for leaders of the Communist League and the ETRP.
Abbas informed the attendees of the CCP central committee's opinions and recommendations, and the two groups agreed to a CCP-recommended merger.