The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

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participated in the Java Revolution. He went to the USA in 1928, worked there and participated in the US Communist Party and its activities. He came back to Indonesia in February last year. He knows several comrades who were released after imprisonment for a while. Through these relations, he can contact more than 100 comrades (all were arrested and released shortly after) and 500 revolutionary masses of Batavia [Jakarta]. Though eager for revolution, they have neither organization nor plan of activity. Through this comrade, we decided to invite one comparatively resolute, capable and high-ranking comrade among them to come to Singapore. We will discuss with him the restoration of the organization and the work of the Party. If he agrees with us, we will introduce them to you. Then, you can directly lead them. This procedure has already begun. According to information from seamen, a party (probably our Party) disseminated leaflets in Batavia. It was put on strict alert. 17 The invited person could have been one of four Indonesian communist leaders who, C. F. Yong and Cheah Boon Kheng said, stayed in Malaya between 1933 and 1935. The four were Ma Ali (Sutan Jenain), Amir Hamzah Siregar, Ho, and Sajeti (Sutan Budiman). The first three of them were paid by the MCP. 18 3. Report from the MCP dated 24 March 1934 The summary of this Chinese-language document is given below. Cruxes are shown first: (1) Membership has not changed much for the last 6 months. Malay-Indian work was neglected. Discipline of the Party members were low. (2) Though the Party tried to train Malay comrades, only one was found. This indispensable Malay cannot be dispatched to Moscow. (3) Central Standing Committee (CSC) consisted of Chen Liang, Chun Guang and De Cai (Li Chin-sin). Of them, Cheng Liang was arrested in November 1933. Zheng Shun was appointed acting SC member, De Cai File Secretary and Chun Guang Acting Secretary. De Cai went back to China. (4) Please dispatch a Chinese, who is fluent in Chinese and English, and a Malay. Details are below: (1) General situation of the organization and its work 84
Membership has not changed since six months ago. We have had some new members in Johor Baru and Johor but our number in Singapore and Negri Sembilan has been reduced mainly due to arrests. Only in Negri Sembilan have several Malays joined. In other places, there was no increase in the number of Malays and Indians. We sent members to investigate the situation. They clarified that most comrades did not devote themselves to Malay-Indian work despite knowing its importance. They could not endure the difficult work. Some lacked confidence. Party leadership in this work was very weak. Our Party was alienated from the masses. Members’ attitudes were “watch without making a move ( 看不动 ), defeatism ( 失败主义 ) and opportunism ( 机会主义 )”. (2) Dispatch of Malay comrades (to the Comintern) for training Abiding by your instruction, we sent comrades to various places to find Malay comrades to be trained. In Malacca and Negri Sembilan, five comrades met our new conditions. They said, however, that they could not leave their homes not only for one to several months, but even just a week. In Singapore, only one comrade is qualified. He is a pivotal person who can lead Malay work in various places. If he leaves here, our work would badly be affected. Therefore, the problem of dispatching Malay students cannot be resolved now. We shall try our best to continue organizing Malay comrades’ training courses. (3) Arrest of Cd. Ch’en Liang and problem of the Central Standing Committee We agree with your view on how to dispose of Comrade Ch’en Liang ( 陈良 ). But he was arrested on 7 November last year (1933) and sentenced by the imperialist government to four years’ imprisonment and banishment after his sentence is served. Cd. Ch’en is one of the Central Standing Committee (CST) members. After his arrest, only two, Chun Guang ( 春光 ) and Cd. De Cai ( 德才 ) (Bun Teck-chai @ Li Chi-sin …), are left. For the sake of maintaining sound work in the ST, we convened an enlarged ST (because it was very difficult to convene an Executive Committee [EC]) after Cd. De Cai went back [to China]. 85
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ISSUE: 2016 NO. 01 CONTENTS Preface
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I would also like to thank Professo
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List of Tables Table 1 Membership o
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Yong contended that the MCP’s ant
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While continuing my research at ISE
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13. Nandao zhi Chun (Spring of Sout
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document, dated 15 January 1942, si
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1. Establishment of the Nanyang Pro
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PC members, Wen Xin Ruo (Вень
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The CCP’s instruction was also sa
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In May 1930, under the guidance of
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(15) Tan Tiu-jeng, alias Tan Jui-se
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6. Changes in the Comintern’s Str
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(1) Name of the Party: for several
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Presidium (GC). From the Comintern
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Notes 1. Nandao zhi Chun (Spring of
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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
Page 69 and 70: It seemed rather strange that the u
Page 71 and 72: code; it was neither translated nor
Page 73 and 74: Details are below: (1) Socio-econom
Page 75 and 76: vii) Create opposition groups in th
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Page 79 and 80: 6. Sophie, op., cit., p.169. This p
Page 81 and 82: CHAPTER V THE MCP AND THE COMINTERN
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Page 91 and 92: organisations should also participa
Page 93 and 94: Cruxes are shown first: (1) One del
Page 95 and 96: As to MCP’s delegates in Shanghai
Page 97 and 98: Extraordinaire: Lai Teck, Secretary
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Page 101 and 102: was founded in early 1928, 11 the M
Page 103 and 104: (2) Shanghai Municipal Police Files
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Page 109 and 110: to “cooperate with Britain”. Th
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Page 113 and 114: turn favorable. Even though they ha
Page 115 and 116: of North Malaya insisted that only
Page 117 and 118: 9. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.30. / In its
Page 119 and 120: CHAPTER VII THE MCP AND THE COMINTE
Page 121 and 122: assembly, organisation, belief and
Page 123 and 124: (2) Characteristics of present stru
Page 125 and 126: (2) Middle-level cadres: Chi Cheng?
Page 127 and 128: Even among the overseas Chinese, th
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Page 131 and 132: Conclusion of the Third Congress of
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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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