 Complete the following phrase:  In 1944, the Ili Rebellion led to the Second East Turkestan Republic. Though direct evidence of Soviet involvement remains circumstantial, and rebel forces were primarily made up of Turkic Muslims with the support of the local population, the new state was dependent on the Soviet Union for trade, arms, and tacit consent for its continued existence. When the Communists defeated the Republic of China in the Chinese Civil War, the Soviets helped the Communist Peoples Liberation Army PLA recapture it, and it was 