POLITICAL INFORMATION: ACTIVITIES OF FOLLOWERS IN CHINA OF THE SO-CALLED FOURTH INTERNATIONAL - TROTSKYISTS

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• Publication Date: May 12, 1948
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The Chine Communism Federation (Chung Kuo Rung Chtan Chu I 'rung Men2/112
A?' it It ifl On is the name of the organization of followers
of the so-called Fourth International in China. The Federation's influence is
not very great in China and its organization is secret, The predecessor of the
Federation was thotancel Clique (Chu Helen luai/)._ fl AC) Of the late
)1gll'ENTu-haiu, established in December 1929 shortly after OWEN was purged from
25,6 17the Chinese Communist Party (COP).
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In 1921 CJ-PEN Tu-hsiti (1- IC ) founded the Chinese Communiet Party ehioh
was financed by the Third international- From 1921 to 1927 MEN led the Party
and served as Chairmen of the Presidium of the Politburo and as Secretary- C'eneral
of the Cori Communist Party. In 1927 Stalin accused CIPEN of being an
"opportunist and stubbornly disobedient to the Third International", Soon after
this, CE'EN was removed from all important p(x4t5 in the Party and im 1927 he was
?purged. In 1929 CE'EN organized the Cancel Clique which the CCP claimed as a
Trotskyist organisation; the Clique existed for about a year In )932 CH'EN was
arrested by the Kuomintang; he was released in 1937. After he was released,
WEN Li-fu (At A /powerful chief of the rightist Kuomintang CC Clique)
suggested that GWEN Tu-hoin observe the CCP secretly, CH'EN Tu-hsiu requested
the CCP to resume his membership hut this request was rejected by MAO Tee-twyg
who said "Let MEN Tu-hsiu wait for another tun years." At this time the CC?
latups.alb Pao ( publiahed in the Wuhan Cities, attacked
MEN Tu-beiu vigorously And accused fifth of beinga traitor and a Trotskyist,
MEN demanded an apology from the paper,' and since that timelliarrolstions with
the CCP worsened. Articles by WEN Tu-hsinLthen began appearing in Aljali (*:g"; /
Public Opinion), CC Clique organ published, in Wuhan; however,., these articles were
of little political importance, Then f& years, CH'EN Tuehsiu lived quietly in
25X1 Szeohuan and in 1942 he died in Cniangching'.(106-I5 29-17)
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3, Chinese Communist officials In Chungking du).9.0:World \Inr ana CCP 1)11 eliVen,
available in Chungking at this time named the following -r on as follwece 0t'
tne so-called Fourth Internaticnal an China
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(1) TEE Wing (Irt lt), formtrle eared 4:7; Cho-hi:elan (11 et 111 )
aestiep of Nance!' ung (106-04, 30-4S), 3teetuan, was a former student of CHANG Lan
Oft 115 ), Chairman of the Ceine Democratic League After greduatine from the
Nanchune Middle School, of which CHOC Lan was the Principal, JEN went to Shanghai
and joined the CCP under CH'EN Tu-heiu., Then JEN went to France as a laborer and
studied there at the same time as CHOU En -lei. After returning to China from
France, JEN was called to Seechuan by CHANG Lan, who was then Preaident of Chenete
University and JEN was rade Secretary and Professor of the eniversity, Later
JEN was aproented by the CCP to study in SUN Mt-sen CnIversity in Moscow, where
he stayed for more than three years. He then returnee to China and became the
CCP Secretary-General of Huh and Hunan Pro/areas, ehovt 1927 JEN was arrested
by the Kuomintane and sentenced to death; two texts did nct kill him?he retarded
to be dead and then escaped in the night. Not loeg after this attempt to execute
him SEE was arrested for a second time, This ties le surrendered to the Kuorintane
and changed his nano from JEN Cho-ahuan to YEE Ch'ine. In 193E YER wrote anti-CCP
articles in gin 1 (see roraerarh 2). services nere nct nerrociatod be the
critr brothers and their CC Clique) at th.in time the CC? accused 1101 of being a
Trotnkyist. About 1939 reAVG Tse (L.1 le) appointed YEE as Chief
Instructor of the Jaranese-Roturred Students Srocial Trainine Class at the ehareoa.
Militare Academe. K'ANG The, a ehaeroa Military Clique leeder, vas a former ?
schoolmate of lin at SUN Tat-sen University, Durirg 1940 YEN rubliseed Modern
Tropes of Thouehe (Esien Tai SSu Ch'aollf, eik OR 510 ) in which he analyzed
the theories of Dr, SUN Tat-yen's San Yin Chu 5 About 1141 114AM the Prlitical
Science Clique leader ESIENG Seta-lel (ite ) wez Governor of riangsi
and concurrently Chairman of the San Min Chu I Cultural Mcveeent Committee, YES
was sad* Vice Chairnan of this Cormittee, In 1944 niebecame a reseeve member
of the Central Lxecutive Committee of the Kuomintang !EH has written artieles or
recearch on the San Min Chu I. 1TH dues not agree to the interpretation of the
San Min Chu I glean by CH17.N Li-fu and has had several ren Fichte with CH'IN and
other CC Clique members on this subject,
(2) CHEZ Hsi/eh-able (IP ), alias CHIA Ho (tin, rublished a book
entitled Itivettiml Diggraphy of me_ mAn toteh-tnagit ' (MAO Tse-tung Haien 3heng
Ping Chian/4e ele je If, $4 i in wnice WING accused MAO of possessing
no relitical eor Is,?of lyiea, cheating ard of cultieetine Lis own (MA01s) strength
and of pretending to be faithful to the Third International for the sake of getting
fere and power in the CCP. Ie this book CHUG expressed his own disapproval cf
the Third International's instructions to the CCP and stated that eke took all
Instructicrs from the Third Ieternatienal as les, CHEeG also criticised MAO for
calling CH'EN Tu-hsiu a Trotskyist and for ovorthrowine CE'EN whom MAO once
respected greatly and through whose influence RAO became a Ctmmunist. This book
eas written in Chuneting in 1)40 andeeato rublished in Shanghai in October 1946 by
the Keane Mine Publiseine Society (3C !a d4 # /no address given).
(3) LIU Ktic c#13 IF ), alias CHU Ch'i-hua ? ), via rrote a. bock called
An Aealeeee of Chenese,Modern Social neater Chune Kuo Chin Tai She rui
Ceieh E'0/
(4) LI Chi (iVelF ), former member of the CCP, was called an norroreuniste by
the ?arty and was pureed in 1929, Le's early eritines include a book entitled
the ores or Karl Meye, In 1947 ?Ws articles arrearod in Collect. (Ta
ie. a morthly magazine of the Democratic envie and of varices leftist vriters,
In A il 2947 the Rir)teousneas eeekly (Clete :Pao Chou 11'anRE #4, fq 3, Cm'
organ rubliahed in Hongkong, advertised a new book written be LI as follows:
1t1947's Nee Book of the Norte China Literary Series?eANG Keel and eI Hsiangtheiang
(1. lt ) by LI Chi with. a rreface written by RUO Nolo 113
This book cannot be purchased in 3hanghaL .
It is loseible that. LI has been re-ineeated by the CCP because followers in China
of the soncalled Fourth Internaticnal generaley do not like the rro-Gtalinist writer
KUG Mo-jo; LI would most probably not have KUO write the reface to his boo. if LI
were still connected with Chinese Trotakyistac
(5) N/ Chineseeng Citk.S. , alias we iecieetic (.1.. It is)
(6) Al Sheng (tit ), alias DAN Fu-chih (SI *t)
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(7) CHIP Hai-ju (4 ), alias TING Fong-psi 1- At
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(9) print Shu-omh ( ji IL 4.? , A. member of the Cancel Clique; fullled by
the CC? in 1929.
(10) MC Tushan ( 0r.t: ), purged by the CCP in 1929.
(11) LIU Jen-chine (111.1 4.7- 0 ) ret:ged by the CCP in 1929 ?
(12) TD Wei-ohlh (At.
(33) OHM Mu-ttbeto (sit )
(14) LO Han ( 3t)
(15) 110A ring (4 SF)
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4r The former oglicial organ of the so-called Fourth International in China was
Thu Che (flf /Struggle), rublished in Shanghai Articles in this publication
cri ci the CCP and pro-Stalinist writers such as MC Monti? and MAO Tun (4- -4)
5- The present organ rerresegGing members In China of the so-called Fourth International
is called Vein Shang (01Y /New Voice). The magazine was first published in
Larch 1946. It was formerly called cysnr !tier' Xii y 3u (
Youth and Women) ? The Publisher of Egia Slug is MIN Ching-kuang (P 4 7C)
rrcbably an alias). (See Attachment I)
Another Trete:P.:fist organization called The China Revoluticnary Strur,gb Pioneers'
Society (C! unr Kuo Ke ftir.g Ton Cheng ilsien Ch'u She/ l?-? 16 ist; Air 4t)
also known as the China Democratic linited Federation (Chung Eno Lin Chu T sung I
Lien Eo Hui/0 t 4)-1114-1:;Ir ) was rerortedly established by CIWit Hsiieh
chin, Lit Nire,, LI Chi, MO In-han (see paragraph 3 above) in 1946 with its head-
'platters in Shanghai. It is cossible that the magazine Hein Sheng is connected
with this organization?
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