The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

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peng, Soh Theng-bun, Tan Tiu-jeng, Ong Juat-pho, Tan Gam, and probably, Chiam Hang-cheong. (5) The five envoys formed the General Committee (GC) which was the party’s standing committee until at least August 1928. (6) Iang probably returned to Macau and Hong Kong in the latter part of 1928 and then to Shanghai in 1929. (7) After three of the five envoys, Phua and both of the Cheungs, were arrested, the GC was reshuffled in March 1928. Yong was reappointed as a member. New members were Mah, Tan Tiu-jeng, Chiam and Wong Muk-han. By September 1928, however, Yong was no longer a Committee member. (8) Phua stayed in Malaya three times, that is, February to April 1926, October 1927 to July 1928. [During the second period, he was the head of the Nanyang General Labour Union (NGLU)]. But he was arrested on 31 January 1928 and deported after a six-month imprisonment. (9) Cheung Yok-kai was arrested in Singapore on 8 February 1928 and sentenced to penal servitude for life. (10) Cheung Hong-seng, alias Wong Teck-chai, played a significant role in reorganizing the Nanyang Local Committee. He was appointed by the Reorganization Committee to be the party secretary, the propaganda chief and a member of the military committee. Arrested on 8 March 1928, he was subsequently sentenced to penal servitude for life. (11) Tan Pek-hai was active in the labour movement during 1927. The records showed him to be still a member of the NPC in August 1928. After that, no trace of him has been available. (12) Tan Heng-kok was the acting head of the NGLU which launched the shoemakers’ strike in Singapore between February and April 1928. He was arrested on 24 August 1928 and presumably banished from Malaya for life. (13) Soh Theng-bun, the acting deputy head of the NGLU, seemed to have remained at large during the era of the NPC. (14) Mah Yap-peng played an important role in building bridges with some of the Malay radicals in 1928 and 1929. He headed the six-member military committee of the party and maintained his position as a Committee member in 1928. His movements and whereabouts during 1930 were undocumented. 22
(15) Tan Tiu-jeng, alias Tan Jui-seng, was assigned by the NGLU to reorganize affiliated branches in Seremban, Kuala Lumpur and Penang in 1928. He was on the military committee, but he was arrested on 5 August 1928 and presumed to have been subsequently banished. (16) One Juat-pho [with the ‘One’ to be read as ‘Ong’], or Wee Juat-Pho, was involved in organizing Malay participation in the movement. He was a member of the military committee and remained at large until his arrest on 29 April 1930. (17) Chiam Hang-cheong was said to be a communist envoy from China in 1926. He was one of the key leaders of the NRC and NLC, as well as the founder of the NPC. He was appointed as a member of the new five-member General Committee in March 1928. Chiam was probably arrested and banished before July 1928. (18) Tan Gam was a “most wanted” communist in July 1928 but he retained his position as a committee member of the NPC in August 1928. (19) Wong Muk-han continued to be on the NPC until his arrest in September 1929 and deportation to China a month later. (20) On the list of the NPC members as at August 1928, besides the five persons mentioned above, there were Su Pek-ngi, Ho Hong-seng, Cheng Heng-sin, Bun Sinoan, Fu Siang-hu, Tong Chek-an and Wang Lik-peng. Su had been one of the private secretaries to Borodin (Sun Yat-sen’s adviser from Comintern) in Canton. Su was able to speak fluent English. He was arrested in November 1929. Ho was arrested on 2 August 1928 while Tong and Wang were arrested during July and August 1928. (21) The Standing Committee of the NPC between June 1929 and April 1930 comprised three persons, Wu Ching alias Hsu Tien-ping (Secretary), Fu Tai-keng and Lin Chin-chung. Wu and Fu arrived in Malaya in early 1929 and Lin before 1928. (22) Lei Kuang-juan was the acting head of the NGLU from May to August 1929. Chu Yang was a leader of the Nanyang Communist Youth League (NCYL) from June 1928 till the beginning of 1929. Huang Hai-ping was one of the three members of the Standing Committee of the NCYL during 1929. (23) Fu Tai-leong was one of the founders of the NRC in 1926. He succeeded to the leadership of the NCYL by the beginning of 1929. (24) In early 1928, the NPC adopted an extremist policy exemplified by the attempt to assassinate three visiting Kuomintang (KMT) officials in February and the 23
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 and 20: PC members, Wen Xin Ruo (Вень
Page 21 and 22: The CCP’s instruction was also sa
Page 23: In May 1930, under the guidance of
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
Page 61 and 62: (4) Wang Yung Hai wrote in December
Page 63 and 64: and workers and peasants’ uprisin
Page 65 and 66: We are expecting, after the above m
Page 67 and 68: they had no connections with the Co
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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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