The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

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In October 1935, Comintern restructured its system. All of the Regional Secretariats including the Eastern Secretariat were abolished and, replacing them, nine Personal Secretariats were set up. British and USA colonies came under the jurisdiction of the Marty 19 Secretariat. One of the main reasons was that the former Regional Secretariats were ruled by party officials who were not familiar enough with the conditions of respective foreign countries. In practice, the Communist Parties of the colonies that had been under the jurisdiction of the ES were to be guided by the respective suzerain countries’ Communist Parties. Nonetheless, after 1935 there was no evidence that the Comintern guided the MCP or tried to establish connections with it. With this reformation, Comintern’s principle relating to the party and the ethnicity also changed. Formerly any ethnic groups in a country were to be equally affiliated to that country’s party. Under the new system, each ethnic group was allowed to have specific connections with its original country’s party. 20 Notwithstanding with it, the MCP continued sending reports cum requests to the Comintern and the Comintern kept on watching the movement of the MCP. II 1936 (1) There was no document for this year. There was also no reference either to the 5 th Enlarged Plenum of the CC of the MCP which was held in September 1936. A Party document written in the 1950s said that by 1934 all CC members had been arrested one after another. As a result of the enemy’s offensive, the party organizations were in chaos and connections with the Comintern were cut off. In this confused situation, Lai Teck infiltrated the Party at the end of 1934 or 1935 21 and joined the MCP pretending to be a Comintern representative. C. F. Yong maintained that the leadership vacuum afforded the opportunity for Lai Teck’s election into the CC and as the Deputy Secretary at the 5 th Representatives’ Conference in September 1936. 22 It was possible that Lai Teck deliberately severed contact with the Comintern in 1936 to prevent the exposure of his true character before he had consolidated his position as Secretary of the Party in 1939. 100
(2) Shanghai Municipal Police Files Letter sent from the MCP Central (Singapore) to the CCP Central (Shanghai) dated 26 March 1936. 23 This letter was addressed to Tiao Tiong Beng or Zao Tsoong Ming ( 赵忠明 ), c/o Soh ( 苏 ). It was stopped on the same day in Singapore, then translated and forwarded to the British Consul-General in Shanghai. SMP recorded it in a report dated 25 April 1936. Summary of the letter is below: We [the MCP] sent a seaman courier to Amoy to reestablish contact with you. On 5 June 1935, we sent another comrade to Shanghai. No news about him. In August 1935, several organizations in Shanghai were discovered and comrades arrested. One was reported to be in possession of documents from Malaya and a map of Singapore Naval Base. He was probably our comrade. Please instantly establish a close liaison with us. The address to which this letter is sent is given by a revolutionary refugee who left China long before. He cannot ensure this letter can reach you. Please send reply to the following two addresses of Singapore [omitted here]. SB note written on the document runs: This letter is written in the handwriting of Choa Bun Seng ( 蔡文盛 ), the present secretary of MCP Central. According to Yong, Secretary of the Party in this period was Ts’ai Pai-yun ( 蔡白云 ) who was to be arrested in January 1937. 24 Choa Bun Seng must be his pseudonym. SMP’s report of 25 April 1936 runs: Arrested “comrade” mentioned in the letter refers to a raid carried out by the SMP on 22 July 1935. The man arrested in connection with the seizure of the sketch of the naval base was one Iong Chin Sng ( 杨进胜 ). The characters for such a name are not to be found in SMP records. 25 Iong Chin Sng must be Iun Chin Sun who was mentioned in the 101
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ISSUE: 2016 NO. 01 CONTENTS Preface
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I would also like to thank Professo
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List of Tables Table 1 Membership o
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Yong contended that the MCP’s ant
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While continuing my research at ISE
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13. Nandao zhi Chun (Spring of Sout
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document, dated 15 January 1942, si
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1. Establishment of the Nanyang Pro
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PC members, Wen Xin Ruo (Вень
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The CCP’s instruction was also sa
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In May 1930, under the guidance of
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(15) Tan Tiu-jeng, alias Tan Jui-se
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6. Changes in the Comintern’s Str
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(1) Name of the Party: for several
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Presidium (GC). From the Comintern
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Notes 1. Nandao zhi Chun (Spring of
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26. US National Archives & Records
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January 1931 (Ф. 495 оп.62 д.3)
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Soon after this conference [before
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Yong wrote that the MCP was founded
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imperialist can be driven out and t
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With regard to ((3)-(b)), “people
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and Indians, participated in a demo
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entitled “The principal demands o
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Page 55 and 56: The MCP’s resolutions quoted abov
Page 57 and 58: 4. Letter from Wang Yung Hai to the
Page 59 and 60: October 1929. In April 1931, the Co
Page 61 and 62: (4) Wang Yung Hai wrote in December
Page 63 and 64: and workers and peasants’ uprisin
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Page 71 and 72: code; it was neither translated nor
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Page 75 and 76: vii) Create opposition groups in th
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Page 81 and 82: CHAPTER V THE MCP AND THE COMINTERN
Page 83 and 84: 1932, demonstrations against the Bi
Page 85 and 86: We already have considerable organi
Page 87 and 88: Membership has not changed since si
Page 89 and 90: ecorded the arrest on 22 June 1934
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Page 93 and 94: Cruxes are shown first: (1) One del
Page 95 and 96: As to MCP’s delegates in Shanghai
Page 97 and 98: Extraordinaire: Lai Teck, Secretary
Page 99 and 100: CHAPTER VI THE MCP AND THE COMINTER
Page 101: was founded in early 1928, 11 the M
Page 105 and 106: The most important decision taken a
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Page 109 and 110: to “cooperate with Britain”. Th
Page 111 and 112: We should eliminate the danger of r
Page 113 and 114: turn favorable. Even though they ha
Page 115 and 116: of North Malaya insisted that only
Page 117 and 118: 9. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.30. / In its
Page 119 and 120: CHAPTER VII THE MCP AND THE COMINTE
Page 121 and 122: assembly, organisation, belief and
Page 123 and 124: (2) Characteristics of present stru
Page 125 and 126: (2) Middle-level cadres: Chi Cheng?
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Page 129 and 130: 8. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.28. 9. C.F. Y
Page 131 and 132: Conclusion of the Third Congress of
Page 133 and 134: MCP and the so-called “Comintern
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Page 137 and 138: when Lai Teck could not convince th
Page 139 and 140: Appendix List of Documents of the R
Page 141 and 142: Table 1. Membership of Trade Unions
Page 143 and 144: Wang Yung Hai (no Russian) 王永
Page 145 and 146: Table 3 Membership of the Communist
Page 147 and 148: Table 5 Leaders of the NPC & the ea
Page 149 and 150: 1-1 From the Comintern Table 6 Exch
Page 151 and 152: 24) 13 Jun. 1939 SC, MCP Resolution
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