The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

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Cd. Zeng (Цзен) was elected as secretary. He returned to the CCP and was replaced by Cd. Chen (Чен). (16) Requests to the CC of the Comintern Send back comrades who were called back for training. Send personnel to investigate and research the activities in Malay Archipelago. Send personnel for labour as well as women’s movements. In a timely manner, provide necessary funds for the Party and the Trade Union. 12 2. Instruction from the CCP in 1929 The resolution adopted at the Congress of the Communist Party of Malay Archipelago in 1930 referred to an instruction received from the CCP. The resolution, written in English and entitled “The Character and Driving Force of Malay Rev (sic)”, may be summarized thus: The Ⅲ Congress (sic) of the Malay (sic) Party fully agreed with the instruction on the estimation of character of Malay (sic) rev. [revolution] made by the C.C. of C.P. of China in January and October 1929. Malay (sic) rev. is a bourgeois democratic rev. because (a) Malaya (sic) is a colony. Its peoples require to establish Malay Federation of Republics, (b) It is necessary to eradicate feudal remnants, (c) The first rev. movement is to secure the prospect of development of capital. To drive out imp-ts [imperialists] is the present greatest task of Malay rev. Only by this can the feudal remnants be eradicated. Only by way of armed insurrection under the hegemony of pro. [proletariat], we can overthrow imperialist and establish the federated republican state. 13 18
The CCP’s instruction was also said to have advised the Malay Party not to rely on the victory of Chinese revolution but to be independent and act under the leadership of the Comintern. 14 And the instruction also did not offer any advice to the Malay Party to change its violent, extremist policy. That might mean that the change from the violent policy was not due to the CCP’s instruction but the Comintern’s. According to Anna Belogurova, the instruction dated 22 January 1929 was written by Li Li-san, the then de facto CCP leader. In his diary entry for 1 January 1929, Li criticized the Nanyang Communists for making a Chinese revolution. He advocated a ‘Nanyang revolution’, that is, a revolution based on local conditions (indigenization). These conditions included the Nanyang’s colonial status, the ‘many nationalities’ present and a more developed industry. The principal task of our party [NCP] is to make all the oppressed unite and strive for the national emancipation. Belogurova also comments that these points were discussed in the sixth congress of the Comintern (17 July – 1 September, 1928) in Moscow, in which Li participated. Unwilling to assume full responsibility, the CCP sent the draft to the Comintern for approval. She concluded that it was the CCP leadership that first suggested the organization of a Nanyang party under Comintern leadership. 15 3. NPC after the Plenum No document on the PC conference held on 3 August 1928 was filed. Instead, the files included a Chinese language report dated 15 March 1930 that was sent to the Comintern. Below is a summary of the report: (1) NPC received the resolution of the Comintern Tenth Plenum ( 全体会议 ). After detailed discussion at the 25th Executive Committee conference ( 会议 ), the CC of the NPC fully agreed with it and its line. (2) Under the present international circumstances, besides opposing the Social Democratic Party, especially its left faction, we have to oppose the rightists, appeasers and opportunists. Because opportunistic elements in the Party of the colonies intend to replace the communist organizations by the nationalist party in these days. 19
Page 1 and 2: 2016 NO. 1 The Malayan Communist Pa
Page 3 and 4: ISSUE: 2016 NO. 01 CONTENTS Preface
Page 5 and 6: I would also like to thank Professo
Page 7 and 8: List of Tables Table 1 Membership o
Page 9 and 10: Yong contended that the MCP’s ant
Page 11 and 12: While continuing my research at ISE
Page 13 and 14: 13. Nandao zhi Chun (Spring of Sout
Page 15 and 16: document, dated 15 January 1942, si
Page 17 and 18: 1. Establishment of the Nanyang Pro
Page 19: PC members, Wen Xin Ruo (Вень
Page 23 and 24: In May 1930, under the guidance of
Page 25 and 26: (15) Tan Tiu-jeng, alias Tan Jui-se
Page 27 and 28: 6. Changes in the Comintern’s Str
Page 29 and 30: (1) Name of the Party: for several
Page 31 and 32: Presidium (GC). From the Comintern
Page 33 and 34: Notes 1. Nandao zhi Chun (Spring of
Page 35 and 36: 26. US National Archives & Records
Page 37 and 38: January 1931 (Ф. 495 оп.62 д.3)
Page 39 and 40: Soon after this conference [before
Page 41 and 42: Yong wrote that the MCP was founded
Page 43 and 44: imperialist can be driven out and t
Page 45 and 46: With regard to ((3)-(b)), “people
Page 47 and 48: and Indians, participated in a demo
Page 49 and 50: entitled “The principal demands o
Page 51 and 52: implemented. It is indispensable to
Page 53 and 54: conditions than the native workers.
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
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code; it was neither translated nor
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Details are below: (1) Socio-econom
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vii) Create opposition groups in th
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quotation marks] of the CCP and rem
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6. Sophie, op., cit., p.169. This p
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CHAPTER V THE MCP AND THE COMINTERN
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1932, demonstrations against the Bi
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We already have considerable organi
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Membership has not changed since si
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ecorded the arrest on 22 June 1934
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organisations should also participa
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Cruxes are shown first: (1) One del
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As to MCP’s delegates in Shanghai
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Extraordinaire: Lai Teck, Secretary
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CHAPTER VI THE MCP AND THE COMINTER
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was founded in early 1928, 11 the M
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(2) Shanghai Municipal Police Files
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The most important decision taken a
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workers were mobilized, the Chinese
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to “cooperate with Britain”. Th
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We should eliminate the danger of r
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turn favorable. Even though they ha
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of North Malaya insisted that only
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9. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.30. / In its
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CHAPTER VII THE MCP AND THE COMINTE
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assembly, organisation, belief and
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(2) Characteristics of present stru
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(2) Middle-level cadres: Chi Cheng?
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Even among the overseas Chinese, th
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8. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.28. 9. C.F. Y
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Conclusion of the Third Congress of
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MCP and the so-called “Comintern
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the Japanese Army. Immediately afte
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when Lai Teck could not convince th
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Appendix List of Documents of the R
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Table 1. Membership of Trade Unions
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Wang Yung Hai (no Russian) 王永
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Table 3 Membership of the Communist
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Table 5 Leaders of the NPC & the ea
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1-1 From the Comintern Table 6 Exch
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24) 13 Jun. 1939 SC, MCP Resolution
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