The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

The Russian-language brief history of the MCP, written in February 1942, noted after the
portion quoted above that between 1933 and 1934 the MCP worked under the guidance of the FEB.
But this guidance was lost after the representatives of the Comintern were arrested. 13
2. MCP's Chinese language document dated 10 August 1933 14
Below is a summary of its contents:
Cruxes are shown first: (1) Fundamental tasks are to overthrow the Imperialist rule, feudal forces
and capitalist system and establish a worker-peasant government. (2) Organize all Malayan
nationals, especially Malays and Indians, under the leadership of the Party.
Details are below:
Dear Comrades!
Our Party's fundamental tasks for the Malayan revolution are to overthrow the rule of British
Imperialists, Sultans, landlords and capitalists, establish a worker-peasant government and
extinguish the capitalist system. The completion of these tasks depends on how we realize the
following fundamental work:
(1) Organize oppressed Malayan nationals, especially Malayan (sic), Chinese and
Indian masses into a strong anti-Imperialist United Front.
(2) Organize the great majority of working class under the leadership of the Party and
the Red Trade Union.
(3) Mobilize and organize extensively peasants, soldiers and all toiling masses to carry
out anti-imperialist, anti-feudal, and anti-capitalist struggles under the leadership of
the proletariat.
(4) Mobilize and lead daily economic struggles of workers, peasants and toiling masses
and raise their fighting spirit and knowledge.
(5) Make the Party a vanguard of the working class to lead them with correct proletariat
consciousness.
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