The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

Cablegram dated 17.V.Nr.9. “Connections well established”.
Document in English appealing for help as they (?) are without help and are
communicating with Quac-an Annamite Communist. (emphasis added).
Letter in French dated ‘Singapore 4.5.31’, mentioning the addresses;
Serglefran, Singapore and Post Box 307 Singapore. The signature of the
sender is undecipherable.
(3) Fu was deported to China after six months imprisonment and arrested on his arrival
in Shanghai on 3 November 1931 by the Public Safety Bureau (Chinese Territory
Police) and then handed over to the Chinese (Soong Wu) Military Authorities.
Meantime, a letter from British Consul-General to the SMP dated 2 September 1931
stated that the Nanking Government had no definite charge against Fu, though the
Chinese authorities had no objection to taking him over. Contrarily, SMPSB’s note
dated 8 April 1932 stated: The Chinese Authority arrested him entirely on their own
responsibility. … We did nothing which would justify the Public Safety Bureau in
thinking that we wished that a charge be preferred against Fu. 25
From here it is known that various documents were seized before Ducroux and Fu were arrested on
1 June 1931. But not all ciphered parts were deciphered. Second interesting fact is that the
continuing intermediate role of Ho Chi Minh (“Quoc” here) between the MCP and the Comintern
was monitored by the SB in this period as well. The third interesting fact is that the SMP had no
charge against Fu, that is, no intention to arrest him. The KMT government arrested him without
definite charge. According to an MCP document, through relief work by Mrs. Sun Yat Sen, Song
Qing Ling ( 宋 庆 龄 ), Fu was released after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. 26
Notes
1. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.11.
2. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.10.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. C.F. Yong, op., cit., p.164.
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