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CHAPTER VII<br />
THE MCP AND THE COMINTERN FROM 1940 TO 1942<br />
I 1940<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> Second Plenum of <strong>the</strong> Central Committee held <strong>in</strong> January 1940 1<br />
(1) Russian-language part (Reviewers’ report)<br />
A summary is given below.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Party</strong> membership w<strong>as</strong> more than 1,000. Branches were established especially <strong>in</strong> big factories<br />
<strong>in</strong> S<strong>in</strong>gapore. <strong>Party</strong> activities had become positive.<br />
Resolutions were p<strong>as</strong>sed regard<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Party</strong> tactics <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Anti-Imperialist United Front of <strong>Malayan</strong><br />
nationals (perta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> national problems [ 民 族 问 题 ], cl<strong>as</strong>s struggle, ma<strong>in</strong> forces of <strong>the</strong><br />
revolution and allies); <strong>the</strong> <strong>Party</strong>’s policy l<strong>in</strong>e relat<strong>in</strong>g to m<strong>as</strong>s organizations (trade unions, pe<strong>as</strong>ant<br />
organizations and youth/women organizations); and <strong>the</strong> “three month-movement” <strong>in</strong> pursu<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />
political unity of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Party</strong>. 2<br />
(2) Ch<strong>in</strong>ese-language part<br />
A summary is provided below.<br />
Development of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Party</strong><br />
Membership nearly doubled. <strong>The</strong> number of members of m<strong>as</strong>s organizations more<br />
than doubled. In many places, <strong>the</strong> status of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Party</strong> and <strong>Party</strong> members rose among<br />
<strong>the</strong> m<strong>as</strong>ses.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Party</strong>’s struggle aga<strong>in</strong>st left-lean<strong>in</strong>g exclusionism and right-lean<strong>in</strong>g<br />
opportunism had borne considerable fruit. In <strong>the</strong> second term, especially <strong>in</strong><br />
S<strong>in</strong>gapore, <strong>the</strong> tendency towards opportunism had been substantially overcome.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Party</strong>’s anti-war propaganda had received fairly enthusi<strong>as</strong>tic responses among<br />
<strong>the</strong> m<strong>as</strong>ses. <strong>The</strong> scope of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Party</strong>’s <strong>in</strong>fluence h<strong>as</strong> expanded considerably.<br />
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