The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

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Two accommodation addresses are to be discarded and the following addresses [Two Singapore addresses are shown] are to be used. The reason why we have delayed in writing you this letter is because we have not been able to find the reliable addresses. We have collected funds of $1,000 for the support of the Chinese Soviet Revolution. Our delegate was instructed to request you to deduct $400 from the subsidy you promised and the remaining $600 will be sent to you when we have received a more reliable address from you. Our delegate was also instructed to request you to publish in the Soviet papers the amount we collected or give us official receipt, but you haven’t given us any reply. (2) A letter sent to Kok Bun (Shanghai) from Kok Kong (Singapore) dated 27 August 1934. Our delegate and that student have already reached Shanghai. Please … seek for Tan Sin Hoa ( 陈新华 ) or ... Li Kok Cheng ( 李国桢 ). We request you to give us explanation for your not going to get in touch with them. (3) A letter sent to Lieu Ts Oen ( 刘子安 , Shanghai) from Kwong ( 光 , Singapore) dated 27 August 1934. Tuh Sung ( 德生 ) said you had returned to Swatow but Chiu Sung ( 秋生 ) said you were still in Shanghai and he had seen you. Why haven’t you sent me a letter for so long? First of all, it is evident that the first letter (1) was a reply to the Comintern’s letter dated 1 June (shown above). With regard to these letters, a letter from British Consul-General, Shanghai, to SMP dated 25 September 1934 states: ○1 Careful enquiries made into the two addresses contained in the first letter elicited two addresses of Mr. Lau Chu An [should be same as Lieu Ts Oen] and Mr. Oh Kok Cheng [ 胡国桢 ? should be the same person as Li Kok Cheng]. ○2 For them watch was kept. ○3 But the respective recipient failed to claim delivery. 36 92
As to MCP’s delegates in Shanghai, according to Yong, in 1934, the MCP sent an important official (CC member), Li Su-kong ( 李书光 ), to cement further ties with Comintern’s Shanghai networks. 37 Li Shu Kong should be this Li Su-kong. And Kok Bun also might probably be Li Sukong. Meanwhile, as quoted above (3.(3) and (4)), Bun Teck-chai (Li Chi-sin) went back to Shanghai in 1934. Kok Bun might be Bun Teck-chai as well. We can discern here that as many as nine persons successively stayed in Shanghai at that time, that is, Li Chi-sin, Koak Jin, Tuh Sung, Chiu Sung (these three had already returned), Li Su-kong (= Kok Bun?), Iun Chin Sun, Lau Chu An, Tan Sin Hoa and Oh (Li) Kok Cheng. In Yong’s research, secretary of the MCP in 1934 was not identified. According to one of the former MCP leaders, Zhang Ming Jin ( 张明今 ), secretary of this period was Liu Teng-chan ( 刘登乘 ). 38 If this is correct, Kok Kong might be Liu’s pseudonym. But the above quoted record of the MCP (3.(3)) mentioned that since early 1934 acting secretary was Chun Guang (Lim Choon Kwong). Possibility of Kok Kong (Guo Guang) being pseudonym of Chun Guang might be higher. Two questions arise here. (1) British Consul-General’s another letter to the SMP dated 25 September 39 said; “[MCP’s] original [letter] was in code numbers which have been decyphered, as well as in secret ink, which has been developed”. Why were letters written in number code deciphered? According to eminent historian, Dr. Leon Comber, who was once affiliated with the SB, “Chinese Commercial Code” was widely used among Chinese businessmen in this period, especially for sending telegrams. Each Chinese character was given specific number. Code number books, which showed common code number, were easily obtainable. The MCP might have used this commercial code. 40 If so, in hindsight, they were not cautious enough. (2) Why were these letters not kept in the Comintern Files? SMP officials said though these were delivered to the addressed places, no one appeared to claim them. It meant the relevant persons of the Comintern as well as the MCP in Shanghai sensed the 93
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2016 NO. 1 The Malayan Communist Pa
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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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26. US National Archives & Records
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January 1931 (Ф. 495 оп.62 д.3)
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Soon after this conference [before
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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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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 81 and 82: CHAPTER V THE MCP AND THE COMINTERN
Page 83 and 84: 1932, demonstrations against the Bi
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Page 87 and 88: Membership has not changed since si
Page 89 and 90: ecorded the arrest on 22 June 1934
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Page 93: Cruxes are shown first: (1) One del
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 107 and 108: workers were mobilized, the Chinese
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?
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Page 129 and 130: 8. Ф. 495 оп.62 д.28. 9. C.F. Y
Page 131 and 132: Conclusion of the Third Congress of
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Page 135 and 136: the Japanese Army. Immediately afte
Page 137 and 138: when Lai Teck could not convince th
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Page 141 and 142: Table 1. Membership of Trade Unions
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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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