The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

It intends to strengthen the logistics for the war.
All oppressed masses of Malaya, be united to oppose this Ordinance!
Overthrow British Imperialist rule and establish a Worker-Peasant
Democratic Government! 4
In this connection, C. F. Yong has referred to student demonstrations against this Ordinance in
1932 and 1933. 5
3. Shanghai SB Files
(1) Arrest of three Annamite Communists
On 5 January 1932, at the instance of French Police the local [Shanghai] Japanese Consular Police
arrested three Annamite [Vietnamese] communists, on board the “Shanghai Maru” prior to its
departure. According to French Interigence Report, they were Truong [more often spelled Troung]
Van Lenh, Vuong Trach and Cao Duc Chinh. But Japanese report noted their names as Tsang Yuin
Ling ( 张 云 领 ), Lee Mong San ( 李 梦 山 ,24) and Van Ts Kwong ( 范 智 光 ) [both orders are
original]. 6
According to Sophie, Lai Teck was possibly a pseudonym of Truong Phuoc Dat alias Ly Minh Son.
Truong (Ly) was arrested in Shanghai in April 1933. 7 Sophie also states that Truong Van Lenh was
arrested in Shanghai in 1932. 8 Ly Minh Son was referred to by Yoji Akashi, too, as one of Lai
Teck’s pseudonyms. Akashi also says Lai Teck was apprehended by the French secret police after
the Manchurian Incident (September 1931) when he travelled back and forth between Tientsin and
Shanghai. 9
If Lee Mong San was Ly Minh Son, it meant Lai Teck had earlier been arrested in January 1932 in
Shanghai by the Japanese police. 10
(2) Aliens Registration Bill
In SMPF, there is an extract, entitled “Malayan Communist Party”, from Straits Settlements
Political Intelligence Journal for December 1932. It states; on 28 November, 4 and 11 December
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