Two k<strong>in</strong>ds of list of RSASPH documents used <strong>in</strong> this research, Russian-language and o<strong>the</strong>rs, are affixed <strong>as</strong> appendix at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> book. After my completion of <strong>the</strong> draft <strong>in</strong> mid- April, 2015, <strong>the</strong> late Professor Cheah Boon Kheng, who p<strong>as</strong>sed away on 25 July 2015, k<strong>in</strong>dly sent me through email an article written by a Russian scholar, Anna Belogurova. 14 Us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Com<strong>in</strong>tern documents, it also deals with <strong>the</strong> relevant problems. I thought it must be necessary to supplement my article by tak<strong>in</strong>g important new po<strong>in</strong>ts referred <strong>in</strong> her article <strong>in</strong>to consideration. <strong>The</strong>refore, at <strong>the</strong> end of each relevant portion, her arguments <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> views are referred to and analyzed. Notes 1. Sophie Qu<strong>in</strong>n-Judge, Ho Chi M<strong>in</strong>h: <strong>The</strong> Miss<strong>in</strong>g Years, 1911-1941, S<strong>in</strong>gapore, Horizon Books, 2003. 2. Referred <strong>in</strong> Chapter 1. 3. Larisa Efimova, “Did <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union <strong>in</strong>struct Sou<strong>the</strong><strong>as</strong>t Asian communists to revolt? New Russian evidence on <strong>the</strong> Calcutta Youth Conference of February 1948”, <strong>in</strong> Journal of Sou<strong>the</strong><strong>as</strong>t Asian Studies, Vol.40, No.3 (October 2009). 4. C.F.Yong, <strong>The</strong> Orig<strong>in</strong>s of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malayan</strong> Communism, S<strong>in</strong>gapore, South Se<strong>as</strong> Society, 1997, p.71. Referred <strong>in</strong> detail <strong>in</strong> Chapter 1. 5. Fang Shan, et.al., eds., Magong Wenji, Di 1 Ji, Zhanqian Dixia Douzheng Shiqi (1) (MCP Anthologies, Underground Struggle Era before <strong>the</strong> War. 方 山 等 编 马 共 文 集 第 1 辑 战 前 地 下 斗 争 时 期 ( 一 )), Kuala Lumpur, Penerbitan Abad 21, 2010, (2010a henceforth), p.155. Referred <strong>in</strong> detail <strong>in</strong> Chapter 1. 6. Zhou Nan-j<strong>in</strong>g, et. al., eds., Dictionary of overse<strong>as</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese (Shijie Huaqiao Huaren Cidian), 周 南 京 主 编 , 世 界 华 侨 华 人 词 典 ,Beij<strong>in</strong>g University, 1993, p.560. 7. Yong, op., cit., pp.128-147. 8. Yong, op., cit., p.152. 9. Cheah Boon Kheng, From PKI to <strong>the</strong> Com<strong>in</strong>tern, 1924-1941: <strong>The</strong> Apprenticeship of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malayan</strong> <strong>Communist</strong> <strong>Party</strong>, New York, Cornell University, 1992, p.18. 10. Hanrahan, G. Z., <strong>The</strong> <strong>Communist</strong> Struggle <strong>in</strong> Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, University of Malaya Press, 1971, p.151. In reality, that constitution w<strong>as</strong> decided <strong>in</strong> 1939. See Chapter 8. 11. C.F. Yong, op., cit., pp.168, 169. 12. Cheah, op., cit., pp.22-25. 10
13. Nandao zhi Chun (Spr<strong>in</strong>g of South Island. 南 岛 之 春 ), S<strong>in</strong>gapore, Malaya Publisher, 1946, pp.9, 10. 14. Anna Belogurova, “<strong>The</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese International of Nationalities: <strong>the</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese <strong>Communist</strong> <strong>Party</strong>, <strong>the</strong> Com<strong>in</strong>tern, and <strong>the</strong> foundation of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malayan</strong> National <strong>Communist</strong> <strong>Party</strong>, 1923- 1939”, Journal of Global History, Vol.9, Issue 03, Nov.2014, pp.447-470. 11
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