The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

time being. With the basic correction of the past mistakes in 1929, the tu mov. began to walk along
the right path.
Another defect is that the Party headquarters at 巴 城 [Jakarta] and Borneo are under the guidance
of the CC [Central Committee] of the M.
[Malay?] Party; really they should be guided by the Party at Java. This arrangement makes the
directive work very inconvenient. …
Should the CC of the Malay (sic) Party have relation with the Party at Kwangtung? How do we
relate with it? (Because cds. [comrades] deported from the South Seas must pass through HK. If the
Party at HK did not help them in finance, they must be very difficult or disappointed). 7
A table of the membership of trade unions was affixed to this English document (see Table 1).
In an English letter, dated 28 December 1930, sent to the Far Eastern Bureau (FEB) 8 of the
Comintern, Wang Yung Hai ( 王 永 海 ?), who had come to Shanghai more than three months earlier,
noted that:
(Cd.) Huang Moh Hang [Wong Muk Han] who was driven out by the Nanyang
Authorities after being released from jail … made a detailed report on the history &
work of the Party in Nanyang from its establishment.
… All these have been sent to you thru (sic) the CC of the CCP. But according to
the cd. who came to see me, all … have not reached you! 9
Two inferences could be made from the different records summarized so far. First, the author of the
report on the trade union movement might have been a Chinese, or someone who could write
Chinese characters (see 巴 城 above). A report written by Huang could have been the document on
the trade union movement shown above (details see Chapter III-4). Second, the Party was also
called the Malay Communist Party (emphasis added). The name of the Party and other points
regarding Wang Yung Hai and Huang Moh Hang will be further examined in Chapter III.
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