In late April 1979, the committee noted that Amin was purging his opponents, including Soviet loyalists, that his loyalty to Moscow was in query and that he was trying to get diplomatic back links with Pakistan and maybe the People's Republic of China (which at the time had weak relations with the Soviet Union). The typical consensus amongst Afghan experts at the time was that it was not a issue of if, but when the mujahideen would acquire Kabul.