Muhammad Amin Bughra
Meanwhile, surviving officials of the ETR began to assamble in Kabul, Afghanistan, where they lobbied the Afghan government and certain embassies, most notably the Japanese, for backing. Japanese Ambassador Kitada Masamoto provided audience for these anti-communist emigres. In mid 1935, Kitada was visited by Muhammad Amin Bughra, a former Khotan emir. Bughra submitted the ambassador a detailed plan about establishing the East Turkestan Republic under Japanese sponsorship, which would in return for independence, give Japan special economic and political privileges. He proposed Muhiti as future leader of the proposed puppet state.